I thought it would be real neat

I thought it would be real cool

If I picked up my dad's guitar

And learned me some Irish tunes

I'd play them for a couple friends

At some little Polish bar

A little "Whiskey In The Jar"

I never thought it'd go so far



So why would you want to bring me down

'Cause I'm not from Ireland, I'm from Allentown



I learned something from an Irish girl

She came to our second show

That when an Irish girl has something to say

She's gonna let you know

She said she wasn't very fond

She turned her volume up to ten

I didn't fly across the Altantic Ocean

To hear "A Nation Once Again"



But it's a song we had to play

Or else the owner wouldn't pay



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'Cause I'm almost, I'm almost Irish

And I hope almost, is good enough for you 

And I'm mostly, I'm mostly Irish

OK mostly I'm American it's true

Maybe the little bit of Irish in me

Could be the little bit of Irish in you



I'll admit to you my biggest fear

That guy from Belfast will show up here

Hey what's that flying through the air

Oh, It's his glass of beer

So Irish kids don't like these song

So why do Americans keep em going strong

You think this trad stuff really bores

It's not my fault that you like The Corrs

So I'm not a native Irish man

I never really said I am



I've got soft teeth and I don't tan

So won't you give me something man



Chorus



And real blood pudding makes me sick

And Colin Farrell is a marginal actor, at best

I finally found a place where I belong

So let me sing the Unicorn...Song



Chorus