Wolfe Tones - Saint Patrick Was A Gentleman lyrics

Saint Patrick was a gentleman And he came from decent people In Dublin town he built a church And on it, put the steeple His father was a Callaghan His mother was a Brady His auntie an O'Shaughnessy Hus uncle an O'Grady Then here's to bold Saint Paddy's fists He was a Saint so clever He'd give the snakes and toads a twist And banish them forever! There's not a mile in Erin's isle Where the dirty vermin musters Where there he put his dear forefoot He murdered them in clusters The toads went hop! The frogs went pop! Slap-dash into the water. And beasts committed suicide To save themselves from slaughter Then here's to bold Saint Paddy's fists He was a Saint so clever He'd give the snakes and toads a twist And banish them forever! The Wicklow hills are very high And so is the hill of Howth, sir And there's a hill much bigger still Much higher than them both, sir 'Twas on the top of this high hill Saint Patrick preached his sermons He drove the frogs into the bogs And banished all the vermins Then here's to bold Saint Paddy's fists He was a Saint so clever He'd give the snakes and toads a twist And banish them forever! No wonder that those Irish lads Should be so gay and frisky Well, sure, Saint Pat, he taught them that As well as makin' whiskey No wonder that the saint himself Should understand distillin' His mother kept a shebeen shop In the town of Ennisk**en Then here's to bold Saint Paddy's fists He was a Saint so clever He'd give the snakes and toads a twist And banish them forever! Then here's to bold Saint Paddy's fists He was a Saint so clever He'd give the snakes and toads a twist And banish them forever!