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Three weeks ago last Tuesday

Well, I left me home in Cork

To find me uncle Martin Kelly

Living in New York.

When I landed in Hoboken

And began without delay

To find me uncle’s residence

Located in Broadway

I went to their directory

Me uncle for to find

But I found so many Kellys there

That I nearly lost me mind.

Well, I went and asked directions

From a friendly German Jew,

But he says, «Please, excuse me,

But me name is Kelly too.»

And there’s Kelly, the barman, Kelly the carman,

Kelly the sailor who came from Donegal,

Kelly from Derry, Kelly from Kerry,

But the Kelly I was looking for, I could not find at all.

I travelled up to Boston

That city of great fame.

I heard the Kellys living there

Had made themselves a name.

The Kellys run the statehouse,

The Kellys run the banks,

The police and fire department,

Sure, the Kellys fill the ranks.

Dan Kelly runs the railroad,

John Kelly runs the seas,

Kate Kelly runs the suffragettes

And she looks right good to me.

Well, I went and asked directions

From a naturalised Chinese,

But he says, «Please, excuse me,

But me name it is Kelly.»

And there’s Kelly from Dublin,

Kelly from Sligo,

Little Mickey Kelly

Who came from the County Clare,

Sure, Kelly built the pyramids

With good old Galway granite

And when Kelly discovered the North Pole,

Sure, he found Pat Kelly there.

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