Gaelic Storm - Punjab Paddy lyrics
[Gaelic Storm - Punjab Paddy lyrics]
I said farewell to Erin, only seven years ago
When asked where I was
Headed, I said: "Jaysus, i dunno!?"
I stepped ashore near Bangalore
Not a tosser in me hand
By the time I hit Darjeeling
I was feeling mighty grand!
You can keep your forty shades of green
They only make me blue
You can stick your eggs and bacon, boys
I'll have a Vindaloo
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home
I dreamed I got a letter
From me darling Josephine
She asked me would I marry her
Back home in Skibbereen
But the girls out here have
Almond eyes and jasmine-scented hair
And there's things in the Kama Sutra
That they never do in Clare!
So I'll spend me days relaxing
In me Punjab paradise
No more I'll dig the praties
I'll stick to tea and rice
I'll be sippin' mango lassi with
The lassies in the shade
While yer man called Ravi Shankar plays
"The Boys of the Oul' Brigade!"
You can keep your Miltown Malbay
You can chuck yer Galway Bay
You'll never see the sun go
Down on Delhi or Bombay
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home
From Bohola to Benares, Inchigeela to Lahore
Kamakura, Siliguri, Peshawar, Sahrunapore
Amrit'sar to Sanawar, Simla, and Pinjore
I got trolleyed on Dewali
And I'm going back for more!
Someday I'll be a holy man
With saffron on me nose
I'll shave my head like Gandhi and
I'll never wear no clothes
To see the Irish Guru
They'll come from near and far
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Whiskey in the Jar!
You can keep your Michael Flatley with
His tattoos on his chest
Fare thee well, Sweet Anna Liffey
It's the Ganges I love best
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home i'm never comin' home!
I'm never comin' home!
When asked where I was
Headed, I said: "Jaysus, i dunno!?"
I stepped ashore near Bangalore
Not a tosser in me hand
By the time I hit Darjeeling
I was feeling mighty grand!
You can keep your forty shades of green
They only make me blue
You can stick your eggs and bacon, boys
I'll have a Vindaloo
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home
I dreamed I got a letter
From me darling Josephine
She asked me would I marry her
Back home in Skibbereen
But the girls out here have
Almond eyes and jasmine-scented hair
And there's things in the Kama Sutra
That they never do in Clare!
So I'll spend me days relaxing
In me Punjab paradise
No more I'll dig the praties
I'll stick to tea and rice
I'll be sippin' mango lassi with
The lassies in the shade
While yer man called Ravi Shankar plays
"The Boys of the Oul' Brigade!"
You can keep your Miltown Malbay
You can chuck yer Galway Bay
You'll never see the sun go
Down on Delhi or Bombay
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home
From Bohola to Benares, Inchigeela to Lahore
Kamakura, Siliguri, Peshawar, Sahrunapore
Amrit'sar to Sanawar, Simla, and Pinjore
I got trolleyed on Dewali
And I'm going back for more!
Someday I'll be a holy man
With saffron on me nose
I'll shave my head like Gandhi and
I'll never wear no clothes
To see the Irish Guru
They'll come from near and far
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Whiskey in the Jar!
You can keep your Michael Flatley with
His tattoos on his chest
Fare thee well, Sweet Anna Liffey
It's the Ganges I love best
I found a place in India
So far across the foam
You can call me Punjab Paddy, boys
I'm never comin' home i'm never comin' home!
I'm never comin' home!