Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Wearin
"Oh Paddy dear and did you hear
the news that's going 'round?
the shamrock is forbid by law
to grow on Irish ground
No more St. Patrick's Day to keep
his colours can't be seen
there is a cruel law against
the wearing of the green"
I met with Napper Tandy
and he shook me by the hand
and he said, "How's dear old Ireland
and how does she stand?"
"She's the most distressful country
that you have ever seen
they're hangin' men and women there
for wearing of the green"
then if the colour we must wear
is England's cruel red
let it remind us of the blood
that Ireland has shed
so take the shamrock from your hat
and throw it to the sod
and never fear will take root there
tho under foot it's trod
when the law can stop the blades of grass
from growing as they grow
and when the leaves of summertime
their verdure dare not show
well it's then I'll change the colour
that I wear in my corbeen
but till that time praise God I'll keep
to wearing of the green
