A LEGEND NEVER DIES

DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR EYES?
DO YOU BELIEVE A LEGEND NEVER DIES?
COME CLOSER DEAR
DO YOU LISTEN? DO YOU HEAR?
SHE'S A STRONG WOMAN
STRONGER THAN MOST
SHE'S A YOUNG WOMAN
HER LIFE IS LIKE A GHOST

YOU CANNOT SEE THE BEAUTY OF HER SOUL
CAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE MEN WHO ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE IS TOLD
YOU DO NOT USE YOUR HEART TO FEEL 
SO YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FALSE AND REAL.

CHORUS: HEY!  HI HO! - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HEY!
           HI HO! - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HI HO - HEY!
          
OH HER 18TH BIRTHDAY HER MOTHER SAID 'CHILD UNDERSTAND,
YOU HAVE REACHED THE AGE TO SETTLE DOWN WITH A MAN. 
HOW BOUT JOHNNY THE BLACKSMITH'S SON? 
HE IS KIND AND SOFT AND SWEET WILL MAKE A GOOD HUSBAND. 
IF YOU DON'T LIKE JOHNNY THERE'S MIKE THE SHEPHERD'S BOY
HE IS BIG, STRONG AND HANDSOME
WILL GIVE YOU CHILDREN AND MUCH JOY."

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SHE SAID, 'MOTHER I KNOW YOU ONLY WANT THE BEST FOR ME
BUT MY HEART BELONGS TO ONE AND ONLY.
WITH HAIR SO RED AS FIRE AND EYES SO GREEN AS GRASS
ARMS THAT HOLD ME IN THE NIGHT UNTIL THE MOON HAS PASSED.
AND WHEN THE MOON HAS PASSED WE ARE TOGETHER NO MORE
CAUSE I LOVE A GHOST FROM THE IRISH CIVIL WAR!"

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MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED AND MANY MEN HAVE TRIED
TO MAKE THAT LOVELY BROWN HAIRED BLUE EYED
IRISH LASS THEIR BRIDE.
JUST WHAT MY PAPA SAID IS SAME HOW I TOLD YA
BUT NO ONE FROM THIS TOWN HAS EVER LAID EYES
ON THAT SOLDIER.

ONE NIGHT A HANDSOME STRANGER APPROACHED ME AT THE BAR
SAID, "I HEARD THAT LEGEND SUNG A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE"
I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY BEHIND THE MYSTERY
SHE SITS THERE IN THE CORNER BOOTH WAITING FOR ME
WHISPERED IN MY EAR AS HE LEANED ON MY GUITAR
CAUSE I AM THE GHOST OF THE IRISH CIVIL WAR!

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