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Pogues - Sally MacLennane

from The Irish Wolfhounds by James Olin Oden

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This is a Pogues cover about man growing up around his community bar. He becomes a musician and hits the road, but when it he comes back he finds many have moved on from this life. He then buries himself in the drink and eventually joins them. At all points "We know that we will be seeing him again!"

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Jimmy played harmonica in the bar where I was born,
He played it in the evening till the distant early 'morn,
He soothed the souls of psychos, and the men who had the horn,
And they all looked very happy in the morning.

Well Jimmy didn't like his place in this world of ours,
Where the elephant man broke strong men's necks when he had to many powers,
So sad to see the grieving of the people he was leaving,
He took the road from nowhere in the morning.

(chorus)
We walked him to the station in the rain,
We kissed him as we put him on the train,
We sang a song of times long gone,
But we knew we'd be seeing him again!
Sad to say I must be on me way,
So buy me beer and whiskey cause I'm going far away,
I'd like to think I'll be returning here again,
To the best little boozer and to Sally MacLennane!

Well the years went buy, the times they changed, I grew to be a man,
I learned to love the virtues of sweet Sally MacLennane,
I drank the beers and took the jeers and crawled back home at dawn,
And soon became a barman in the morning.

I did the hump and pulled the pump and watered whiskey down,
I talked of whores and horses with the men who drank the brown,
Some say that Jimmy's making money far away,
Some left for heaven without warning.

(Chorus)

When Jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone,
He asked of all the details of the train that they went on,
Some people are afraid to croak, but Jimmy drank until he choked,
He took the train to heaven in the morning.

(Chorus)

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from The Irish Wolfhounds, released May 1, 2009

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James Olin Oden Raleigh, North Carolina

It's always been about what moves the heart. The songs I sing are compelling stories whose telling must be told over and over again. The stories range from dark acts that should not be forgotten to the silly revelries that we should never forsake. My hope is that as my heart is moved by the music so too may yours be moved.

Sláinte Mhór...James

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