Key: G
Introduction:
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GA
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Young Kenny and Colley and ould Martin Quinn
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Made up together to smuggle the tin
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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Well they walked all the day boys till the heels they grew raw
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They hadn't the comfort of lying in the straw
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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"I'll yoke her", says Colley "I'm wise to her tricks"
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But the more that he yoked her, the more the mare kicked
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
G D
"I once had a Piebald all covered in spots
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And many the fiver she won in her trots"
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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Up comes an ould sergeant with a laugh and a grin
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"I'll punch ye in jail boys for smuggling the tin"
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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Up jumps the ould sergeant with a laugh and a smile
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"I'll punch ye in jail boys for smuggling a while"
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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Well up jumps young Colley for to make this excuse
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"If you'll let us all be sir, it's home we will scoot"
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
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Right toorin-anay
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We made our way home and we blessed our own faith
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"To hell with the border, we're in the Free State"
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With me right toorin-arinan, right toorin-arinan
G A D
Right toorin-anay
Outro
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