The Ghost of Leland Birch

As I went out to take a pleasant walk

I came across the house at Leland Birch

It stands at a crossroads near Coolowley pass gates

A shrine for all good folk who have a thirst

Oh Lely was a scientist, physician and magician

That man could turn bog water into wine

His kitchen was a Mecca for many's the thirsty fecker

They came in droves and left their woes behind

So let's all drink a toast

To the host we love the most

That man that is The Ghost of Leland Birch

From the calf with colitis to the housewife with arthritis

Lely had the cure for one and all

He never had a website and he never used an email

I told you and you told him that's all

But in the Ireland of today, it appears to be ok

To take a million quid that don't belong to you

But if the polis ever catch you with some poitín on your person

Judge and jury they can throw the book at you

So let's all drink a toast

To the host we love the most

That man that is The Ghost of Leland Birch

Now some men like a fighting and some men like a loving

And some men they just dream their lives away

But the men who had the throttle to drink from Lely's bottle

They saw the promised land most every day

Yeah the men who had the throttle to drink from Lely's bottle

They saw the promised land most every day

So let's all drink a toast

To the host we love the most

That man that is The Ghost of Leland Birch

So let's all drink a toast

To the host we love the most

That man that is The Ghost of Leland Birch

Let's all drink one last toast

To the host we love the most

That man that is The Ghost of Leland

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