Gilbert O'Sullivan: The luck of the Irish

One and one and two are threeIf you adhere to Irish logicThat's just one of the many jokes of whichThe Irish are the topicYou can talk about the luck of but inTruth there's not a lotSo we have this reputation of beingAs thick two short planksAnd although George Bernard ShawWas Irish he's an EnglishmanNo we don't live in houses that areOtherwise known as barsYes we do have other transportBesides donkeys and cartsGo to Dublin day or nightAnd see for yourself there'sNot a bog in sightIn America the joke about the irishmanWould dieThere for some peculiar season it'sThe polish they decryBet in sweden it's norwegians and inNorway it's the danesAnd it's a fallacy to think that irishPeople drink the mostWhen in njoy germany alone their beerConsumption unapproachedAs for britian far from being soberThey would enjoy thier drinkBut to call an enghlishman a drunkWould be an awful thingWhat you need todo for thatIs a chap named pat and the luck of the irishKiss the blarney stone but get down on your back to do itOkay on the surface I admit it does seem rather stupidBut you mustn't judge a book by all accountsBut by what's underneath it'sCover up your daughters what they don't see they won't missRemember contraception is despair but ignorance is blissThe church will tell you what you should and what youShouldn't do is argue with itShergar's body been exhumed by irish terrorists todayIf the ransom isn't paid out then his life may not be savedNo we don't live in houses that areOtherwise known as barsYes we do have other transportBesides donkeys and cartsGo to Dublin day or nightAnd see for yourself there'sNot a bog in sightThe luck of the irshKiss the blarney stone but get down on your back to do itOkay on the surface I admit it does seem rather stupidBut you mustn't judge a book by all accountsBut by what's underneath it'sCover up your daughters what they don't see they won't missRemember contraception is despair but ignorance is blissThe church will tell you what you should and what youShouldn't do is argue with it