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Edited on Mon Sep-12-05 09:54 AM by DeposeTheBoyKing
Fie on goodness! Fie! Fie on goodness! Fie! Eight years of kindness to your neighbour Making sure that the meek are treated well Eight years of philanthropic labor Derry-down-dell, gad, but it's hell! Oh, fie on goodness! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie!
It's been depressing all the way - derry down Derry down And getting glummer ev'ry day - derry down Derry down Ah, but to burn a little town Or slay a dozen men Anything to laugh again! Oh, fie on goodness! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie!
When I think of the rollicking pleasures That earlier filled my life Lolly-lo, lolly-lo Like the time I beheaded a man Who was beating his naked wife
Lolly-lo, lolly lo! I can still hear his widow say Never moving from where she lay: "Tell me, what can I do, I beg, sir, of you, Your kindness to repay?"...
Fie on goodness! Fie! Fie on goodness! Fie! Lechery and vice have been arrested Not a maiden is evermore in threat Virgins may wander unmolested!
Lolly lo let, gad, it's a sweat! Oh, fie on goodness! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie!
How we roared and brawled in Scotland! Not a law was aye obeyed! And when wooing called in Scotland We'd grab any passing maid.
Oh, my heart is still in Scotland Where the lasses woo the best On some bonny hill in Scotland Stroking someone's bonnie
Fie on Scotland! Fie! Fie on Scotland! Fie! No one repents for any sin now Ev'ry soul is immaculate and trim No one is covered with chagrin now Nonny no nim, gad, but it's grim! Oh, fie on goodness! Fie!
There's not a folly to deplore, derry down Derry down Confession Sunday is a bore, derry down Derry down Ah, but to spend a tortured evening Staring at the floor Guilty and alive once more! Oh, fie on virtue! Fie! Fie on mercy! Fie! Fie on justice! Fie on goodness! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie! Fie!
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