***Sally McLennane - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"

Sally McLennane - as perfomed by The Pogues

INTRO:

             
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VERSE 1

             
Well Jimmy pla

              
yed harmonica 

             
in the pub whe

           
re I was born
             
He played it f

              
rom the night-

              
time to the pe

             
aceful early m


orn
             
He soothed sou

              
ls of psychos 

             
and the men wh

            
o had the horn
             
and they all l

             
ooked very hap

             
py in the morn

  
ing

VERSE 2

             
But Jimmy didn

              
't like his pl

             
ace in this wo

               
rld of ours
             
Where the elep

              
hant man broke

              
 strong men's 

             
necks when he'

              
d had too many

  
 powers
             
So sad to see 

              
the grieving o

             
f the people h

        
e was leaving
             
And he took th

             
e road for god

              
 knows in the 

    
morning

CHORUS

             
We walked him 

             
to the station

          
 in the rain
             
We kissed him 

             
as we put him 

         
on the train
             
And we sang hi

             
m a song of ti

           
mes long gone
             
though we knew

              
 that we'd be 

             
seeing him aga

   
in
 
Sad to say I m

ust be on my w

ay
             
so buy me beer

             
 and whiskey '

            
cause I'm goin

g far away
      
I'd like to th

ink I'll be re

turning when I

 can
             
to the greates

             
t little booze

             
r and to Sally

     
 McLennane

VERSE 3

             
The years pass

              
ed by the time

              
s had changed 

             
I grew to be a

  
 man
             
I learned to l

              
ove the virtue

             
s of sweet Sal

        
ly McLennane
             
I took the jee

              
rs and drank t

              
he beers and I

             
 crawled back 

          
home at dawn
             
And ended up a

             
 barman in the

       
 morning

VERSE 4

             
I played the p

              
ump and took t

             
he hump and wa

              
tered whiskey 


down
             
I talked of wh

              
ores and horse

             
s to the men w

              
ho drank the b


rown
             
I heard them s

              
ay that Jimmy'

             
s making money

        
 far away
             
Some people le

             
ft for heaven 

             
without warnin

 
g

CHORUS

             
We walked him 

             
to the station

          
 in the rain
             
We kissed him 

             
as we put him 

         
on the train
             
And we sang hi

             
m a song of ti

           
mes long gone
             
though we knew

              
 that we'd be 

             
seeing him aga

   
in
 
Sad to say I m

ust be on my w

ay
             
so buy me beer

             
 and whiskey '

            
cause I'm goin

g far away
      
I'd like to th

ink I'll be re

turning when I

 can
             
to the greates

             
t little booze

             
r and to Sally

     
 McLennane

INTRO

VERSE 5

             
When Jimmy cam

              
e back home he

             
 was surprised

              
 that they wer

   
e gone
             
He asked me al

              
l the details 

             
of the train t

              
hat they went 


on
             
Some people th

              
ey are scared 

              
to croak but J

             
immy drank unt


il he choked
             
And took the r

             
oad for heaven

             
 in the mornin

 
g

CHORUS

             
We walked him 

             
to the station

          
 in the rain
             
We kissed him 

             
as we put him 

         
on the train
             
And we sang hi

             
m a song of ti

           
mes long gone
             
though we knew

              
 that we'd be 

             
seeing him aga

   
in
 
Sad to say I m

ust be on my w

ay
             
so buy me beer

             
 and whiskey '

            
cause I'm goin

g far away
      
I'd like to th

ink I'll be re

turning when I

 can
             
to the greates

             
t little booze

             
r and to Sally

     
 McLennane


INTRO (2x)