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Mister Frankie Diamond was my best friend. We were partners in a business down on C and 7th. Nothin' ever got this good brother down. He was a real live wire in an electric town Frankie started han
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Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep, chimney sweep. Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep. Oh, me name, it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all. And my neck must pay for all here I di
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Carlita is waiting down on C & 9th. In mantilla and lace and her lover's knife. Cries out for revenge, she is silent like a stone. Beautiful in her widow's weeds I wait in the darkness forever now
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D'ya remember back in the Five Points. When the fire was in the air. And the streets were hot as the hob of hell. And the bodies was everywhere. Then ould Johnny jumped up on a burnin' plank. He
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Standing in your hallway, kiss your angel hair. Hear your old grandmother recite her immigrant prayer. She knew what you had to do, she'd probably kill you first, first. But hold on, darlin', this
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The sun was settin' the rocks on fire. The fields blisterin' with the heat. When the militia came marchin' through our town. Knockin' sparks off the little streets. The priest watched them from hi
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Oh, oh, oh, oh Chuckie said, "I don't know what's goin' on. I'm down on my knees and I'm ah uh losin' it. Been up and down this New York town. Lookin' for a break just a fair shake of it" But the p
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Born on a black Monday, me mother screamin' curses. Me old lad in the pub losin' money on the horses. Me granny kicked in the door said, "Get a job, you *". And I come rollin' into the world, a wal
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Danny came over to old New York. From Bandon town in the county Cork. He got a room on the avenue in Woodside Queens. And a job off the books doin' demolition He was kind of different than everyone
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Incomprehensible Paddy came down to Voodoo City. Met a lady on Bourbon Street. She was dark, she was beautiful. Swept that boy right off his feet Runnin' from the man in New York City. I fled down
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Oh Maureen Maureen got married to a sanitation worker. She's livin' out in Brooklyn with her mother in law. And when her old man's sleepin'. Maureen comes creepin' down to the local bar She stands
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Open up the door, she's standin' there. With the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair. Betrays the fact you strayed far from home. With your drinkin', your smokin', you're whorin' around Sit
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