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"ARE YOU THERE, MO-RI-AR-I-TY?"

Copyright © 2001 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION Irish folksong

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1. Whin first I kern to Dub - Iin town 'Twas in eigh - teen _ eight - y three, I
2. On, on I wint wid - out ac ci- dent Till the sta tion _ came in view, Then me-
3. Wid no de - lay I drew me pay And be - gan for to stud - y too, A
4. Whin to coort I went, on bus - 'ness bent, The _ Jedge on his binch looked grim; But
5. The Lat - in I knew in a week or two, And I gave them _ soon a shock, Whin I
6. The la - dies too, I ver - y soon knew, Wor _ smit - ten, _ wan an' all; For be-
7. Win me work is done and me course is run, And I've walked on me last long beat, And to

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wint di - rect, wid me head e - rect, For to JOID the_ D. M. P.* Me ma -
self I saw as a limb of the law, Dressed _ out like a big Boy Blue. As _ __
po - lice - man 1 __ soon be - came, Pre pared for me job to do. Thieves_
af - ter a while I's __ see him smile, If I hap- pened to glance at him. Thin I'd
hurled a junk 'ave a "quid pro nunc," With a "post" and a "prop - ter hoc." A _ __
neath me spell, they_ quick - Iy fell, And I held them_ in me thrall. Wid me
Heav - en's shore 1'11_- quick - Iy soar, Saint _ _ Pe ter __ there to meet, Sure, I

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F F up __ proud
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jes tic feet woke_ Kev in Street, As I walked an' free; For
thro' the gate of me fu - ture fate I _ _ shtrode on __ man - ful Iy, All the
far and near I __ filled with fear, Jail birds a void - ed me; Male
hear him say in a sol - emn way: "Now and who could _ that man be?" "My
"ha- be - as cor-pus" or __ "aq - ua for - tis" Was all the __ same to me! Whin I'd
hand - some face, wid me charm and grace, They_ thought and they dreamt of me; And whin
hope he'll say, in a kind - Iy way, "Is it there, Tim, yer - self I see; Yer re-

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well I knew that they
could not do wid - out me, MO - RI - AR I TV!
po - lice cried when they seen me shtride, "An' is this MO - RI - AR I TV?"
fac - tors trem - bled _ when they heard, "Now _ here's MO - RI - AR I TV!"
Lord", said the clerk, "he's a man of mark, Name_ of MO - RI - AR I TV." I'm a
take the floor the _ cri - er would roar: "Wish-a! Here's MO - RI - AR I TV!"
I'd pass by I could hear them sigh: "Oh I love MO - RI - AR I TV!"
ward you've won for yer work well done, Shtep _ in! MO - RI - AR I TV!"

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well - known bob - by of the stal - wart squad, I be - long to the D. M. P. And the

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girls all cry as I pass by: "Are you there, MO - RI - AR I TV?"

*Dublin Metropolitan Police