tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post7322793636066739521..comments2023-06-07T11:09:24.423-05:00Comments on Ventage Inklings: An Irish Inauguration SongDanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07257660639811126906noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post-90815675368028236872009-01-22T18:00:00.000-06:002009-01-22T18:00:00.000-06:00Brilliant! (and a darn sight better than the poem...Brilliant! (and a darn sight better than the poem used at the inauguration...IMO)Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333341186856092779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post-78069957060233087692009-01-21T06:24:00.000-06:002009-01-21T06:24:00.000-06:00Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys? Is that seriously ...Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys? Is that seriously their name? I'm mentally drifting to my childhood reading and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post-70310341840294177782009-01-20T12:49:00.000-06:002009-01-20T12:49:00.000-06:00Ali,No one need be (and no one should be!) offende...Ali,<BR/>No one need be (and no one should be!) offended, it's an awesome song! And thanks for the history behind it...<BR/><BR/>I told you all Americans are Irish or wish they were.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257660639811126906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post-90211174425283806812009-01-20T11:55:00.000-06:002009-01-20T11:55:00.000-06:00Oh, and at the risk of REALLY offending (please re...Oh, and at the risk of REALLY offending (please remember: I am a-political!) here's the words, in case you want to join in:<BR/><BR/>O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara <BR/>There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>You don't believe me, I hear you say <BR/>But Barack's as Irish, as was JFK <BR/>His granddaddy's daddy came from Moneygall <BR/>A small Irish village, well known to you all<BR/><BR/>Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama <BR/>There's no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>He's as Irish as bacon and cabbage and stew <BR/>He's Hawaiian he's Kenyan American too <BR/>He’s in the White House, he took his chance <BR/>Now let’s see Barack do Riverdance<BR/><BR/>Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama <BR/>There's no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>From Kerry and Cork to old Donegal<BR/>Let’s hear it for Barack from old Moneygall<BR/>From the lakes of Killarney to old Connemara<BR/>There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama<BR/><BR/>O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara <BR/>There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama<BR/>From the old Blarney Stone to the great Hill of Tara<BR/>There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>2008 the White House is green, their cheering in Mayo and in Skibereen.<BR/>The Irish in Kenya, and in Yokahama,<BR/>Are cheering for President Barack O’Bama<BR/><BR/>O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara <BR/>There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>The Hockey Mom's gone, and so is McCain<BR/>They are cheering in Texas and in Borrisokane,<BR/><BR/>In Moneygall town, the greatest of drama, for our famous president Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama <BR/>There's no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama<BR/><BR/>The great Stephen Neill, a great man of God,<BR/>He proved that Barack was from the Auld Sod<BR/>They came by bus and they came by car, to celebrate Barack in Ollie Hayes’s Bar<BR/><BR/>O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara <BR/>There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035888128164724701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350071378919453815.post-16760964445827761062009-01-20T11:51:00.000-06:002009-01-20T11:51:00.000-06:00Please no-one be offended!here's the history:Money...Please no-one be offended!<BR/><BR/>here's the history:<BR/><BR/>Moneygall is a small village in County Offaly , Ireland . It has a population of approximately 300 people, has a Roman Catholic church, five shops, a post office, a national school, a police station and two pubs.<BR/><BR/>President-elect of the United States Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, emigrated from Moneygall to New York City at the age of 19 in 1850 and eventually resettled in Tipton County , Indiana . Kearney 's father had been the village shoemaker, then a wealthy skilled trade.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035888128164724701noreply@blogger.com