When Irish Girls Grow Up

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[Verse]
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Darling, don't go to the city, you'll get lost there in the crowd
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All the boys there in the city, drink and smoke and talk too loud
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The women in the city, sneak their whisky from a cup
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up

[Verse]
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Have you heard of Mary Gilligan, she's gone about three weeks
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She's painted up her lips, when all the colour left her cheeks
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She never goes to Mass no more, she gave her virtue up
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up

[Verse]
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Have you heard about the Cooneys, the Russells and Malloys
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Their girls all left the farm and went to chasing city boys
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Their mothers pray to Mary that their girls won't turn corrupt
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up

[Verse]
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Oh god, forgive me saying it, but I swear that it's all true
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The lord should strike me dead, should this beset the likes of you
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Your lips will not touch alcohol, it's tea that you shall sup
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
                                          C                 G
Darling, don't go to the city, you'll get lost there in the crowd
                                          A7                 D
All the boys there in the city, drink and smoke and talk too loud
        G                              C             G
And the women in the city, sneak their whisky from a cup
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up
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Oh, isn't it a pity when Irish girls grow up