Wearin' O' The Green

[ti:Wearin' O' the Green] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Fun Songs for St. Patrick's Day, Chanukah, Christmas & Kwanzaa] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.48]Wearin' O' the Green - The Hit Crew [00:02.10] [00:04.65]"O Paddy dear [00:05.54]And did ye hear the news that's goin' round [00:07.99] [00:08.51]The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground [00:12.47]No more Saint Patrick's Day we'll keep [00:14.58]His color can't be seen [00:16.37]For there's a cruel law ag'in the Wearin' o' the Green " [00:20.57]I met with Napper Tandy [00:22.31]And he took me by the hand [00:24.37]And he said "How's poor old Ireland [00:26.75]And how does she stand " [00:28.44]"She's the most distressful country [00:29.70] [00:30.47]That ever yet was seen [00:32.37]For they're hanging men and women [00:34.01]There for the Wearin' o' the Green " [00:36.65] [00:41.13]But if at last [00:41.87]Her colors should be torn from Ireland's heart [00:44.45]Her sons with shame and sorrow [00:46.00]From the dear old soil will part; [00:48.36]I've heard whispers of a Country that lies far beyond sea [00:52.43]Where rich and poor stand equal [00:54.06]In the light of Freedom's day [00:56.01] [00:56.56]O Erin must we leave you driven by the tyrant's hand [01:00.26]Must we ask a Mother's blessing [01:02.03]In a strange but happy land [01:04.37]Where the cruel Cross of England's thralldom never to be seen: [01:08.31]But where thank God we'll live and die [01:10.74]Still Wearing of the Green [01:12.32]Where the cruel Cross of [01:13.57]England's thralldom never to be seen: [01:16.52]But where thank God we'll live and die [01:19.04]Still Wearing of the Green