The day I met O'Reilly and the Big McNeill gospel christian songs free mp3 midi download

O'Reilly and the Big McNeill

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1. The day I met O'Reilly
It was 32 below;
The sparks were flying off me pick,
I was up to me neck in snow.
His footsteps shook the basement slab,
I saw the sky go black
As he roared out, "I'm your ganger now,
So dig until you crack."

2. He was bigger than a dumper truck
With legs like concrete piles,
His face was like a load of bricks,
His teeth were six inch files.
His eyes, they shone like danger lamps,
His hands were tough as steel,
But a man as small as that
Was never a match for Big McNeill.

3. When tea came round at dinner-time,
He grabbed a gallon tin,
But I said, "Better put that down,
If you would save your skin.
You may be called O'Reilly
But I will to you reveal
That the cup you've got your hands on,
It belongs to Big McNeill."

4. Well, he laughed at me
And carried on as if I hadn't spoke.
He said, "A man from Dublin Town
Can always take a joke."
But when he picked a shovel up,
Wee Jimmy gave a squeal
"You'd better leave that teaspoon,
It belongs to Big McNeill."
5. Well, everything the ganger touched
We said to leave alone,
Or else McNeill would grind him up
And make plaster of his bones.
At last O'Reilly lost his head
And said he'd make a meal
Out of any labourer in the squad,
Especially Big McNeill.

6. We said McNeill was sick in bed
And told him where to go.
The boys all downed their tools
And went along to watch the show,
And when we got to Renfrew Street,
Wee Jimmy danced a reel,
To see him thundering at the door
To fight the Big McNeill.

7. When the ganger got inside
He saw a monster on the bed,
A mound as big as a stanchion base
With a barrel size of head.
He punched it and he thumped it
And he hit about with zeal,
'Til the missus cried: "Don't hurt the child,
Or else I'll tell McNeill."

8. He was bigger than a dumper truck
With legs like concrete piles,
His face was like a load of bricks,
His teeth were six inch files,
His eyes, they shone like danger lamps,
His hands were tough as steel,
But a man as small as that
Was never a match for Big McNeill.