[03:29.00]I was raised on
[03:29.00]Black & Tans
[03:29.00]Ronnie Drew and '
[03:29.00]Van the Man'
[03:29.00]I go off to mass on
[03:29.00]SundayAnd then it's back to the pub on
[03:29.00]MondayI've got a sister
[03:29.00]MeghanWith a
[03:29.00]Celtic cross tattoo
[03:29.00]I'll tell you a few stories
[03:29.00]And every one of them is true
[03:29.00]Chorus:My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's,
[03:29.00]Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from
[03:29.00]KillarneyMy great-granddad and his mates
[03:29.00]They tried to make it to the
[03:29.00]StatesHis great uncle, he was a failure
[03:29.00]He got deported off to
[03:29.00]AustraliaSo they stowed upon a steamer
[03:29.00]On the famous
[03:29.00]White Star
[03:29.00]LineI was raised upon these stories
[03:29.00]Since I was the age of nine(Chorus)
[03:29.00]Well my great-uncle, he liked the races
[03:29.00]He liked the dogs and steeplechases
[03:29.00]His wife, my dear old auntie
[03:29.00]She kept a teashop way, way down in
[03:29.00]BantryBut he fixed a race in
[03:29.00]DonegalAnd now he's got to hide
[03:29.00]With the sticky buns and cakes and guns
[03:29.00]And whiskey on the side(Chorus)
[03:29.00]I was raised on
[03:29.00]Black & Tans
[03:29.00]Ronnie Drew and '
[03:29.00]Van the Man'
[03:29.00]I go to mass on
[03:29.00]SundayAnd then it's back to the pub on
[03:29.00]MondayI'm from the wrong side of the south side
[03:29.00]Of an Irish neighbourhood
[03:29.00]I've never been to
[03:29.00]IrelandBut
[03:29.00]I know it's in my blood