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Shane Is Coming To Town

by Trip McCool

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A dedication to the great, twisted and notorious life of The Pogues leader, Shane MacGowan. I'll miss the man but we still have his songs.

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SHANE IS COMING TO TOWN

Distractions abound in the old pub in town
You put up, shut up, or sit down
In fight or in song we will all get along
A dry eye is not to be found
So lay down your missal and pull out yer whistle
And grandaddy’s fiddle-de-doo
Now go hide outside your relics your pride
He’ll beat on those fragile things too

Now he’s singin’ like the devil
Oh, the angels all fall down
They whisper beware, it's a warning, a prayer
His bleedin’ red heart on the ground

Shane is coming to town boys
Shane is coming to town
No, nay, never too late, crack open the gate
Shane is coming to town

A poet, a dreamer, a boozer, a screamer
These pleasures have taken their toll
A word to the masses, the common, the classless
Our mumbling roustabout soul
He swaggers, he staggers to the stage where it matters
His punk congregation endeared
He grins and makes sense through a picket tooth fence
So gladly we lend him an ear

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released December 16, 2023
(c) 2023 by Dennis Dougherty Performed by Trip McCool featuring Charlyn Dougherty-accordion

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Trip McCool Oak Island, North Carolina

I put on the guitar and sing as if my ancestors were listening; and I truly believe they are so I better not disappoint them. Trip is the part of my soul that never forgot the sacrifices they made. My people rose up from the Irish mud to make a better life for me. I write songs for them, for my people, the immigrants, the poor, the salt of the earth. It's all true, even the lies. ... more

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