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The Body Of An American by The Pogues

The (1)________________ (2)__________ by the house
And the yanks they (3)________ within
And the tinker boys they (4)____________ advice
'Hot-wire her with a pin'
When we turned and shook as we had a look
In the room (5)__________ the (6)________ men lay
So big Jim Dwyer made his last trip
To the shores where his father's laid
But fifteen minutes later
We had our (7)__________ (8)__________ of whiskey
There was uncles giving lectures
On ancient Irish history
The men all started telling jokes
And the (9)__________ they got frisky
At five o'clock in the evening
Every bastard there was piskey
Fare (10)________ well
Gone away
There's nothin' (11)________ 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 born man of the USA
He (12)____________ the (13)__________ in Pittsburgh
And he slashed him to the ground
He took on (14)________ Tartanella
And it only went one round
He never had no time 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' (15)________ to say
With a slainte Joe and Erin go
My love's in Amerikay
The (16)______________ of the rosary
Spanish wine from far away
I'm a free born man of the USA, yeah!

This (17)______________ on the harbou
When I (18)________ (19)______________ to you
I remember how I swore
That I'd come (20)________ to you one day
And as the sunset (21)________ to meet
The (22)______________ on the hill
I told you I'd (23)____________ (24)________ 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 (25)________ as blue
As the (26)__________ 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 free born man of the USA
I'm a (27)________ born man of the USA

Answers:
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