POGUES - Sally Maclennane lyrics

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Well jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born<br>He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn<br>He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn<br>And they all looked very happy in the morning<br><br>Now jimmy didn't like his place in this world of ours<br>Where the elephant man broke strong men's necks<br>When he'd had too many powers<br>So sad to see the grieving of the people that he's leaving<br>And he took the road for God knows in the morning<br><br>We walked him to the station in the rain<br>We kissed him as we put him on the train<br>And we sang him a song of times long gone<br>Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again<br>(far away) sad to say I must be on my way<br>So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)<br>I'd like to think of me returning when I can<br>To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane<br><br>The years passed by the times had changed I grew to be a man<br>I learned to love the virtues of sweet sally maclennane<br>I took the jeers and drank the beers and crawled back home at dawn<br>And ended up a barman in the morning<br><br>I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down<br>I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown<br>I heard them say that jimmy's making money far away<br>And some people left for heaven without warning<br><br>We walked him to the station in the rain<br>We kissed him as we put him on the train<br>And we sang him a song of times long gone<br>Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again<br>(far away) sad to say I must be on my way<br>So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)<br>I'd like to think of me returning when I can<br>To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane<br><br>When jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone<br>He asked me all the details of the train that they went on<br>Some people they are scared to croak but jimmy drank until he choked<br>And he took the road for heaven in the morning<br><br>We walked him to the station in the rain<br>We kissed him as we put him on the train<br>And we sang him a song of times long gone<br>Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again<br>(far away) sad to say I must be on my way<br>So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away)<br>I'd like to think of me returning when I can<br>To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane