IT might be 270,000 views on YouTube short of Jimmy’s Winning Matches, but we reckon FreeWhiskey’s original song for Donegal GAA footballers 2012 will be closing the gap over the next few days.
Thanks to Damien and Christopher Edwards for the recording and Craig Connolly for the superb video.
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(and if you want to sing along, here’s the lyrics)
Many people left the Hills, to work on foreign shores,
We long to see their smiling faces coming through the door,
But there’s one man who’s not been back in nearly twenty years,
When he comes back we’ll have the craic and fill him up with beer
Chorus:
Oh we’ll be comin out of Dublin with the smiles upon our face,
Goats Don’t Shave on the radio, we’re headin for God’s place,
Singin up through Meath and through Cavan as we pass,
Sam is not for Kerry, Pat, you’re talkin through your…
It’s rumoured here in Donegal that God lives in the Hills,
He’s looking for his sacred cup for Holy wine to fill,
Jim McGuinness got the job to seek Him out His need,
He’ll carry Sam through Pettigo, as Michael Murphy leads
Chorus:
Oh we’ll be comin out of Dublin with the smiles upon our face,
Goats Don’t Shave on the radio, we’re headin for God’s place,
Singin up through Meath and through Cavan as we pass,
Sam is not for Kerry, Pat, you’re talking out your…
Word will spread to Malin Head, that Jim’s boys shocked them all,
So stock the bars, and park the cars, cause Sam’s for Donegal
Chorus:
Oh we’ll be comin out of Dublin with the smiles upon our face,
Goats Don’t Shave on the radio, we’re headin for God’s place,
Singin up through Meath and through Cavan as we pass,
Sam is not for Kerry, Pat, so STICK it up your…