The Big Fellah
Mo chara is mo lao thu!
Is aisling tri nallaibh
Do deineadh arir dom
IgCorcaigh go danach
Ar leaba im aonar
I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and Clarke
Laughin' with McDermott through the bullets and the sparks
Always with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blue
But when we needed confidence we always turned to you
And when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall
You were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tans
You were there beside us, a towerin' mighty man
And God help the informer or the hated English spy
By Jaysus, Mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eye
Still you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dew
Every widow, whore, and orphan could always turn to you
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
And we beat them in the cities, and we whipped them in the streets
And the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chief
And they sent you off to London to negotiate a deal
And to gain us a republic, united boys, and real
But the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you
'Cause you came back with a country divided up in two
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Mo chara is mo lao thu!
Is aisling tri nallaibh
Do deineadh arir dom
IgCorcaigh go danach
Ar leaba im aonar
We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin' we could do
'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you
We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood
But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood
And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na Bláth
I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the, need you the most
Big fellah, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair, tabhair dom do lámh
Big fellah, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you, we need you, need you, need you the most
Is aisling tri nallaibh
Do deineadh arir dom
IgCorcaigh go danach
Ar leaba im aonar
I remember you back in the GPO with Connolly and Clarke
Laughin' with McDermott through the bullets and the sparks
Always with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blue
But when we needed confidence we always turned to you
And when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall
You were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Back on the streets of Dublin when we fought the black and tans
You were there beside us, a towerin' mighty man
And God help the informer or the hated English spy
By Jaysus, Mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eye
Still you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dew
Every widow, whore, and orphan could always turn to you
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
And we beat them in the cities, and we whipped them in the streets
And the world hailed Michael Collins, our commander and our chief
And they sent you off to London to negotiate a deal
And to gain us a republic, united boys, and real
But the women and the drink, Mick, they must have got to you
'Cause you came back with a country divided up in two
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Mo chara is mo lao thu!
Is aisling tri nallaibh
Do deineadh arir dom
IgCorcaigh go danach
Ar leaba im aonar
We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothin' we could do
'Cause we couldn't betray the republic like Arthur Griffith and you
We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood
But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood
And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na Bláth
I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the most
Hey, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair dom do lámh
Hey, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you the, need you the most
Big fellah, big fellah
C'mon, tabhair, tabhair dom do lámh
Big fellah, big fellah
Where the hell are you now
When we need you, we need you, need you, need you the most
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Kirwan
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