A Criminal Of Me

My great Grandpa was a king
A monarch stout and noble
He surveyed this land so green
And he said she is fair and humble
As far as the eye can see
From Carrauntooil to Giant's Causeway
Was ours until they went
And made a criminal of me
Many a Celtic head had rolled
And rolled upon the hillside
And they bathed their horses hooves
In Hibernian blood and their hide
In exile they did flee
And set up a church and home there
Till the landlord and the bailiff
Made it criminality
Oh, and on the road they came to run
Run until the runnin's done
Run far away from fettered chain
The land was ours to barter
We succumb from sweat and strain
And look they're right behind again
If they catch me boys
I know they'll make a criminal of me
A criminal of me, a criminal of me
Wandering forever hungering eternally
A criminal of me, a criminal of me
Run, run, before they make a criminal of me
Across the sea they sailed
To a land both bright and noble.
For they'd watched their neighbors starve,
And the bloodline as it fumbled.
As they reached the safer side
Ole Papa said to Jimmy
To try and live a life so they'd not make
A criminal of he
Go be alert said Da,
Do not perish for the gentry
Though poor but proud was he
Whenever they called discretely
Well he'd smash their faces in
And in gaol he died poorly
But he said don't let them try
And make a criminal of ye
Oh now my boss he steps so gay
So gaily up the street
While I dull the pain in pubs
And still can't afford to eat
He is dashing, he is fancy
And he'll never want you see
Evan as the factory shuts his shoes
Reflect the criminal in me
Violent and drunk now in the street
With nothing to sustain me
I'm gonna die here in this hole
The kids I can't take care of with me
But it must be taught to let the blame
And hatred out of their heads
For anger and danger make you just another
Pathetic, drunken, violent paddy dead