OReilly Luck - Buddy Jewell
Artist : “Buddy Jewell”
Song title : “OReilly Luck”
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granddaddy used to sit me on his knee
And tell me how it was in the old country
famine and floods and crops that failed
Id listen for hours as he told his tale
He said "there must have been a curse on the family name"
But he swore hed be the one to break that chain
With money he saved from the sweat of his brow
Hed get em out of there
Someday
Somehow
Well
He never was much of a gambin man
But he dreamed of passage to the promised land
Bet it all on a better life in america
He said "well change our fate
And this danged oreilly luck"
I can only imagine the look on his face
Tickets in hand
As they counted the days
Eleven passports
No turnin back
Decidin what they should and shouldnt pack
But the baby caught the fever just days before
And the doctor hung a sheet on their front door
for two long weeks they were quarantined
Stranded with nothin but his shattered dream
Well
He never was much of a gambin man
But he dreamed of passage to the promised land
Bet it all on a better life in america
He said "well change our fate
And this danged oreilly luck"
Granddaddy told this story til he passed away
How the people all cheered from the dock that day
While he shook his fist with a tear in his eye
At the beautiful ship of the white star line
And he cursed his fate and his danged oreilly luck
As the mighty titanic
Sailed into the sun
Well
He never was much of a gambin man
But he found his way to the promised land
Bet it all on a better life in america
He said "well change our fate
And this danged oreilly luck
Danged orelly luck"