O'Brien Has No Place To Go Song Lyrics and Chords by Foster and Allen
O'Brien Has No Place To Go
Recorded by Foster and Allen
Written by Stanley Murphy and George Evans
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Now Dennis O'Brien has three daughters fine
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fairest young
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girls on the
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And between you and me every
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night after
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O'Brien's the
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boys would
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flock
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Young Mickey Clancy stepped in to see Nancy
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McCann stepped
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in to see
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Rose
And young Mickey Kelley
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stepped in to see
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plea to her father she'd
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Don't go into the front room dad
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Nancy's in there with her call-
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er
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Daddy dear won't you
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stay out
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here
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Rose has her friend in the
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parlor
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Don't go into the kitchen dad
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I'll be out there with my
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beau
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Now since all of his girls have got
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steady young
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O'Brien has no place to
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Last Saturday night O'Brien got tight
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he said to
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himself now we'll
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see
That three young galoots dressed
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up in new
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suits
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Make a wandering
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fool out of
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me
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Out went McCann on O'Brien's brogan
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Kelley and
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Clancy got
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sore
They went over the stoop
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like an acrobat's
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O'Brien will hear this no
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And all of his girls have got
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steady young
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men
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O'Brien has no place to
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go
FAQ
Who sang the the song O'Brien Has No Place To Go?
- The song O'Brien Has No Place To Go was sang by Foster and Allen.
Who is Foster and Allen?
- Foster and Allen are a musical duo from Ireland consisting of Mick Foster and Tony Allen. In their 40-year career, they have released over 30 albums, many of which entered the UK Albums Chart. Along with "A Bunch of Thyme" (entering the Irish chart in 1979 and becoming their first No. 1 single), "Maggie" became a No. 1 in New Zealand for four weeks, making the two songs their signature tunes. They started in the 1970s as a duo, but in 1982 they added a band to their show. They have achieved album and video sales in excess of 22 million worldwide.
