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Artist/Band: John Raitt
Lyrics for Song: Two Shillelagh O'sullivan
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - John Raitt



There's many a man that rode a horse across the western plain

There's never been one like the Irishman

O'Sullivan was his name.



He never packed a shooting iron

The need he never felt

With two shillelaghs always hanging there

A'hanging on his belt.



O yippee ki yi oh, me bucko

B'gorrah an yippee ki yo

Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan

He'd give any man a go.



Har the shillelagh.

You know we call it the Tipperary rifle.

You never have to reload it.



This bronco-busting Irishman

From the heart of Erin's Isle

It was after living peaceful, like

He always wore a smile.

But when the smile was leaving him

In a fight he'd

Come unwound

Bad cess for any crossing him

They'd wind up on the ground.



O yippee ki yi oh, me bucko

B'gorrah an yippee ki yo

Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan

He'd give any man a go.



Why he was so strong was Sullivan,

He could put his right hand in his own left pocket,

And hold himself out at arm's length.

No man could do that.

It's O'Sullivan I'm talking about.

Oh, well he could.



At throwing the rope for branding calf

He was a mighty man

At throwing his two shillelaghs now

The fastest in the land.



T'would be a sad mistake me boys

To reach for a 44

Before you could get the hammer cocked

He'd have you on the floor.



O yippee ki yi oh, me bucko

B'gorrah an yippee ki yo

Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan

He'd give any man a go.



Did you know O'Sullivan played the Irish Harp?

No. Oh, sure, and he did.

He put 75 strings on his two shillelaghs,

He'd stretch them out 24 feet, and he had four leprechauns

Dancing on them to make the music.

Oh, the wonder of it.

Sure and he would charm the coyotes out of the hills



Across the range from morn 'til night

He rode for days and days

A'fixin' fences here and there

And a picking up the strays.



A cattle spread he really built

As big as Ireland

Where he could range a million head

And a shamrock be his brand.



O yippee ki yi oh, me bucko

B'gorrah an yippee ki yo

Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan

He'd give any man a go.



A bit of his lip, he back of his hand,

And the toe of his shoe to boot.

Oh, Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan.



Now if you're ever riding through the sagebrush wilderness,

And you suddenly come upon acres and acres of shamrock

sprinkled with stardust,

Well, you'll be after knowing,that you've just arrived

at the O Sullivan spread,

Known has the Lazy Leprachauns.

Stop in, won't you?

Sure, and they'll give you a belt of Bushmill's.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - John Raitt


John Raitt
"Other Songs - John Raitt"


1. Blow High, Blow Low
2. Here's That Rainy Day [From Carnival In Flanders]
3. If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot]
4. Oklahoma! (Overture)
5. Once-A-Year Day! [From The Pajama Game]
6. Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific]
7. The Highest Judge Of All [From Carousel]
8. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top [From Oklahoma!]
9. Two Shillelagh O'sullivan
10. You Are Love [From Show Boat]