The Body Of An American by The Pogues

The Cadillac stood by the house
And the yanks they were within
And the (1)____________ boys they hissed advice
'Hot-wire her with a pin'
When we turned and (2)__________ as we had a look
In the room where the dead men lay
So big Jim Dwyer made his (3)________ trip
To the shores where his father's laid
But fifteen minutes later
We had our (4)__________ taste of whiskey
There was uncles (5)____________ lectures
On (6)______________ Irish history
The men all (7)______________ (8)______________ jokes
And the women they got frisky
At (9)________ o'clock in the evening
Every bastard (10)__________ was piskey
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' left to say
Farewell to New York City boys
To Boston and PA
He took them out
With a well-aimed clout
He was often heard to say
I'm a free (11)________ man of the USA
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh
And he slashed him to the ground
He took on Tiny Tartanella
And it only went one round
He never had no (12)________ for reds
For drink or dice or whores
But he never threw a fight
When the fight was right
So they sent him to the war
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' left to say
With a (13)______________ Joe and Erin go
My love's in Amerikay
The calling of the rosary
Spanish wine from far away
I'm a free born man of the USA, yeah!

This (14)______________ on the harbou
When I said (15)______________ to you
I (16)________________ how I swore
That I'd (17)________ back to you one day
And as the sunset came to meet
The evening on the hill
I told you I'd always love you
I always did and I always will
Fare thee well
Gone away
There's nothin' left to say
Except to say adieu
To your (18)________ as blue
As the water in the bay
To big Jim Dwyer, the man of war
Who was often heard to say
I'm a free born man of the USA
I'm a (19)________ born man of the USA
I'm a free born man of the USA

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