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Who Stole The Pennies?

WHO STOLE THE PENNIES
FROM ME DEAD IRISH MOTHER'S EYES?
WAS IT LIAM THE IDIOT
WHO'S ALWAYS PULLING SOME SURPRISE?
IT MAY HAVE BEEN FATHER DOYLE
HIS CHURCH IS VERY POOR, I THINK.
OR PERHAPS IT WAS COUSIN PADDY
WHO'S SAVIN' UP TO BUY A DRINK.

ARE THE MEN FROM THE BANK TO BLAME?
ME MOTHER OWED THEM FOR A LOAN.
IF I'D ONLY HAD THE NERVE
I'D HAVE SNATCHED THEM PENNIES ON ME OWN.

I'M OH SO SORROWFUL
MY HEART'S SO HEAVY THAT IT CRIES,
"HEY, WHO STOLE THE PENNIES
FROM ME DEAD IRISH MOTHER'S EYES?"