U2 - The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew lyrics

Here's to the Ronnie, the voice we adore Like coals from a coal-bucket, scraping the floor Sing out his praises in music and march And if you are not Irish, that isn't your fault Raise up our voices like guards in a pack Thankful for honest man, we never lack We got them by twenties, we got them by ones Their men, their daughters, and all of their sons (Hey! Hey!) Here's to you (Hey!), Ronnie Drew (Hey!) Here's to you (Hey!), Ronnie Drew (Hey!) Ronnie Drew (Hey! Hey!), we love you, yes we do Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you I watched them plenty, through right and 'er wrong Whether I'm easy or whether I'm sure But as she lifted her petticoat easy and slow I rolled up my sleeves for to buckle her shoe Get up and work from five until five When the whistle says better, we'll come back alive He'll sing to the heavens, he's stormy as hell And wherever he goes, we'll be wishing him well (Hey! Hey!) Here's to you (Hey!), Ronnie Drew (Hey!) (Hey!) Here's to you (Hey!), Ronnie Drew (Hey!) Ronnie Drew (Hey!), we love you, yes we do Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you The dawn and the dusk, the unwise, the undusk gives and gets him gaze The unheard, the unseen, the unwashed, and the clean where the streets are handmade Baggot Street, meets the street right on St. Stephen's Street lovers and loners who can peer on your shoulders The gods and the rapers, immigrants and traders, sing about him A man for a man and a hand for a hand Trust in the music, strike up the band The more that we sing, the less that we find Time and again, this is brood to be right Build you a statue on St. Stephen's Green No fair or monument there to be seen A statue of Ronnie Drew, holding the hand Of a girl with her hair in a black velvet band (Hey! Hey!) Here's to you (No stranger to dare), Ronnie Drew (Or angels to devil) Here's to you (A friend of a friend of a friend of a), Ronnie Drew (A friend to you) Ronnie Drew (Ronnie Drew), we love you, yes we do Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you (Ronnie Drew) I watched them plenty, through right and 'er wrong Whether I'm easy or whether I'm sure But as she lifted her petticoat easy and slow I rolled up my sleeves for to buckle her shoe