The Kellys Songtext

von Mick Moloney

Three weeks ago last Tuesday
Well, I left me home in Cork
To find me uncle Martin Kelly
Living in New York.
When I landed in Hoboken
And began without delay
To find me uncle's residence
Located in Broadway
I went to their directory
Me uncle for to find
But I found so many Kellys there
That I nearly lost me mind.
Well, I went and asked directions
From a friendly German Jew,
But he says, "Please, excuse me,
But me name is Kelly too."

And there's Kelly, the barman, Kelly the carman,
Kelly the sailor who came from Donegal,
Kelly from Derry, Kelly from Kerry,
But the Kelly I was looking for, I could not find at all.

I travelled up to Boston
That city of great fame.
I heard the Kellys living there
Had made themselves a name.
The Kellys run the statehouse,
The Kellys run the banks,
The police and fire department,
Sure, the Kellys fill the ranks.
Dan Kelly runs the railroad,
John Kelly runs the seas,
Kate Kelly runs the suffragettes
And she looks right good to me.
Well, I went and asked directions
From a naturalised Chinese,
But he says, "Please, excuse me,
But me name it is Kelly."

And there's Kelly from Dublin,
Kelly from Sligo,
Little Mickey Kelly
Who came from the County Clare,
Sure, Kelly built the pyramids
With good old Galway granite
And when Kelly discovered the North Pole,
Sure, he found Pat Kelly there.