No Irish Need Apply
Pete Seeger| Versione di Tommy Makem, sull’aria della popolare “Boys from... | |
| NINA (NO IRISH NEED APPLY) | THEY TOLD US NO IRISH NEED APPLY |
| The Hunger has come and will not leave My fair city of Newry A better life is what I seek for me and my family | Just think of all the presidents who came from Irish folk There was Wilson and Buchanan, there was Jackson, Grant and Polk There was Cleveland and McKinley and the brave Jack Kennedy And many more whose names have joined that goodly company |
| So I come with nothing, left everything in a coffin ship is where I've been My parents gone, but now its over with the lady calling us in | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| A place where liberty is for the rich and poor and a man can own his own land Where men are free and there's plenty to eat and you don't fear the knock at your door | You've heard about James Curley, that man of great renown And Honey Fitz, who proved his worth as Mayor of Boston town And Rose and Ted and Bob and Jack and all the Kennedy clan And the noble John McCormack, who is honored through the land |
| No Irish Need Apply It's been a bad year No work for you, I tell you true So get the hell out of here | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| Walking the streets, I hear the babble "Watch out ya god-damned Mic They're dirty, lazy and breed like cattle and they're all the Pope's Catholics" | Did you know John Hancock's family came from the County Down? And composer Victor Herbert, he was born in Dublin town And the blood in Davy Crockett's veins was Irish through and through And Connie Mack, the baseball great, well he was Irish too |
| I've checked the mills, I've checked the stores I've checked the factories The answers the same, it doesn't change We've got work but none for you | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| No Irish Need Apply We don't hire your kind Now if you will, hit the hills If you don't mind | The father of the navy, John Barry was his name He was a gallant Irishman, from Wexford town he came To the many Irish giants in the literary field You can add F. Scott Fitzgerald and the great Eugene O'Neill |
| My kin fell at Gettysburg and Antietam The wall at Fredericksburg did not discriminate We were all Americans when we fought with General Meagher and the Irish Brigade | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| The sign on the tavern door Said "No Dogs or Irish Served" They hate me and I can't understand Cause I've never been there before | Whenever people talk about great service to mankind No doubt, the name of Boston's Cardinal Cushing comes to mind And Doctor Thomas Dooley should be leader of the van His entire life was spent in helping out his fellow man |
| No Irish Need Apply It's been a bad year No work for you, I tell you true So get the hell out of here | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| Oh learn something, all you Know Nothings I tell you I'm a man I love my family, I love this country and I'll make if I can | In the noble art of self-defence, as you'll already know We had men like John L. Sullivan, who never feared a foe And gentleman Jim Corbett was among the very best Likewise the bold Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey and the rest |
| Oh Ireland is a sad land with no peace or liberty but all men are not created equal in this land of the free | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
| No Irish Need Apply We don't hire your kind Now if you will, hit the hills If you don't mind | We're the men who built the railroads, we're the men who fought the wars We're the men who manned the police force, we're the men who drove street cars We're the men who formed your unions, we're the men who sang your songs We're the men who filled your history and tried to right your wrongs |
| No Irish Need Apply It's been a bad year No work for you, I tell you true So get the hell out of here | And they told us no Irish need apply! Yes, they told us no Irish need apply! |
