Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Phil Lynott
Canonical path: /phil-lynott/cathleen
Related lyric paths: 6
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Cathleen
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Cathleen
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A beautiful girl
A beautiful irish girl
A beautiful girl
Cathleen
And if the song that I write is no good
Wont you listen to it please anyway
And if the words that I write are misunderstood
Wont you listen to them please anyway
This song is for cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
And if you hear I was kissing another
Dont be jealous its only your mother
So take it from father to daughter
This song is for cathleen
And if you hear that I kissed your sister
Dont be jealous for how could I resist her
Dont be angry for one day you might miss her
Shes oh so like cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl
A beautiful irish girl
A beautiful girl
A beautiful irish girl
Cathleen
So if the song that I write is no good
Wont you listen to it please anyway
And if the words that I write are misunderstood
Listen to them please anyway
This song is for cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
A beautiful girl cathleen
Cathleen
Cathleen
Shes a beautiful girl
A beautiful irish girl
A beautiful girl
A beautiful irish girl
Cathleen
Now shut up and go to bed!
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