Sally MacLennane

Album: Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)
Charted: 51
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  • Well, Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born
    He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn'
    He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn
    And they all looked very happy in the morning

    But Jimmy didn't like his place in this world of ours
    Where the elephant man broke strong men's necks when he'd had too many pours
    So sad to see the grieving and the people that I'm leaving
    And he took the road for god knows in the morning

    We walked him to the station in the rain
    We kissed him as we put him on the train
    And we sang him a song of times long gone
    Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

    (Far away) I'm sad to say I must be on me way
    So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)
    I'd like to think of me returning when I can
    To the greatest little boozer and to Sally Maclennane

    The years went by, the times had changed I grew to be a man
    I learned to love the virtues of sweet Sally Maclennane
    I took the jeers and drank the beers and crawled back home at dawn
    And ended up a barman in the morning

    I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down
    I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown
    I heard them say that Jimmy's making money far away
    And some people left for heaven without warning

    We walked him to the station in the rain
    We kissed him as we put him on the train
    And we sang him a song of times long gone
    Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

    (Far away) I'm sad to say I must be on me way
    So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)
    I'd like to think of me returning when I can
    To the greatest little boozer and to Sally Maclennane

    When Jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone
    He asked me all the details of the train that they went on
    Some people they are scared to croak but Jimmy drank until he choked
    Took the road for heaven in the morning

    We walked him to the station in the rain
    And we kissed him as we put him on the train
    And we sang him a song of times long gone
    Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

    (Far away) I'm sad to say I must be on me way
    So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)
    I'd like to think of me returning when I can
    To the greatest little boozer and to Sally Maclennane Writer/s: Shane Patrick Lysaght Macgowan
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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