Lisa O'Neill - John Joe Reilly

John Joe Reilly (Side A to The Wren, The Wren EP)
Written by Lisa O’Neill
Published by Domino Publishing Co Ltd
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Lisa O’Neill - Banjo
Jesse Smith - Fiddle
Romy - Piano
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On the morning I was born
John-Joe Reilly killed a bird with a stone
not a goose or a hen
John-John Reilly killed a Wren
John-Joe Reilly Killed a Wren
Twenty one, the longest night in winter
when the sun is deepest in her slumber
follow me around the moon
meet me on the 21st of June
meet me on the 21st of June
Marry me neath the King of the trees
below the oak, Joe Reilly spoke to me
I was then still green and thin
My Daddy hunted him
My Daddy hunted him
Now in the sea, there lives a million fishes
and in the sky, there lives a million wishes
one of mine,
is that someday someone would name a horse sea-biscuit
and he and I we'd ride into the mystic
he and I we'd ride into the mystic
I followed him into the trees
I gave my heart and all of me
Don't tell a soul John-Joe where you've been
Or a soul that I have sinned
Or a soul that I have sinned
If I had known, I'd have cut your tongue
now the world knows what I've done
The Oak, the Ash, the King and Queen
The highest shame hangs over me
The highest shame hangs over me
So bury me beneath the Queen
Below the Ash with the birds and the bees
Re-sow us back into the green Island bouncing on the sea
Island bouncing on the sea
On the morning I was born
John-Joe Reilly killed a bird with a stone
not a goose or a hen
John-John Reilly killed a Wren
John-Joe Reilly Killed a Wren