“Irish Colcannon” is the fourth track from Allie X’s debut album, Waiting For The Prize. It was later re-released on her second album, Ladies & Gentlemen.
The track leaked online along with the rest of the album in 2017, after an attendee found a CD bought from her show in 2006, in which the al...
[Verse 1]
Sit down, old man
And have a whiskey and tell me a tale
About the black dog
Or the time you wouldn't go to jail
[Chorus]
And you were a mad man
And I know that much is true
You'd beat a lot to death for looking wrong at you
And blood was on the wall wherever you had been
Take me home again, Kathleen
[Verse 2]
Cards are the devil, you say
Just look in the fireplace
And the embers burn so bright
That I can hardly see your face
[Chorus]
And you were a mad man
And I know that much is true
You'd beat a lot to death for looking wrong at you
And blood was on the wall wherever you had been
Take me home again, Kathleen
[Bridge]
Make me a potato sandwich
And I will make the tea
Make mine with spelt bread
And I'll make sure yours has whiskey
[Outro]
You haunt a generation, do you realize?
My father looks at me, he can see you sometimes
Oh, call me Joseph and call me your kin
And take me home again, Kathleen
Irish Colcannon was written by Allie X.