He's Living The Life Of Reilly 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 May 2010
2010

Pat McCann, a working man
complained about his job.
He'd carry bricks and clay
on his shoulder ev'ry day.
He thought the job too hard
so he resigned a year ago,
Became a politician
and he made a lot of dough,

And now he's living the Life of Reilly,
Ev'rybody respects him highly,
since he broke into society,
Paddy wears a high silk hat
and looks like an Irish Diplomat,
His friends just sent him an invitation
to lead the march on old Saint Patrick's Day.
He used to work at carrying bricks
but since he got into politics
sure he's living the life of Reilly.

Now he's living the Life of Reilly,
Ev'rybody respects him highly,
since he broke into society,
Paddy wears a high silk hat
and looks like an Irish Diplomat,
His friends just sent him an invitation
to lead the march on old Saint Patrick's Day.
He used to work at carrying bricks
but since he got into politics
sure he's living the life of Reilly.

Ev'rywhere that Paddy goes
they treat him like a prince,
He says that very soon
he'll be owning a saloon,
and when it comes to making dough
he surely takes the cake.
Last night we caught him selling tickets
for an Irish Wake.

And now he's living the Life of Reilly,
Ev'rybody respects him highly,
since he broke into society,
Paddy wears a high silk hat
and looks like an Irish Diplomat,
His friends just sent him an invitation
to lead the march on old Saint Patrick's Day.
He used to work at carrying bricks
but since he got into politics
sure he's living the life of Reilly.

Now he's living the Life of Reilly,
Ev'rybody respects him highly,
since he broke into society,
Paddy wears a high silk hat
and looks like an Irish Diplomat,
His friends just sent him an invitation
to lead the march on old Saint Patrick's Day.
He used to work at carrying bricks
but since he got into politics
sure he's living the life of Reilly.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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He's Living The Life Of Reilly 1917
Music by Archie Gottler
Lyrics by Alex Gerber
© MCMXVII by Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams Consolidated Inc.
Music Pub.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 20 May 2010 at 11.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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