Irish Christmas Wish

My story goes way back to the 60s

When I first went across the Atlantic Sea

I was on a Christmas break with my family

It was all so very new and strange to me.

As we settled in our digs downtown Manhattan

We were sipping a beer and chatting in an Irish bar

Thinking about the songs that America Irish sing

Like Molly Malone and Whiskey in the Jar

I remember a man and my dad talking

He was asking him were his accent was from

Then I heard him say something never thought I would hear again

Now I've heard it said so many times you know.

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He said, I wish I was home in Ireland for Christmas

He said, I miss the Emerald Isle my friend you know

He said I wish I was home in Ireland for Christmas

Let's have a drink to the good ole times back home

Well it took me a few years to go back there

Now I think I've settle down in the USA

I've lived Philly and Chicago and all around the coast

But at Christmas time it's these words I always say

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Now I'm sitting on a bar stool here in New York

Sipping a jar and thinking about going home

Then I meet a man from Ireland, he's over on a break

We get talking about a famous Broadway show

He said to me have you ever been to Ireland

Have you ever been across the Irish Sea

He said to me have you ever been to Ireland

Have you ever seen the 40 shades of green?

I said

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