My Uncle’s In The Dáil.

My Uncle’s In The Dáil.

Lyrics and Vocals: Irish performer Seamus Moore.

My Uncle’s in the Dáil.

It was at the last election that me uncle Pat got in.
He was always fond of politics and the faith I knew he’d win.
He made such pretty promises to the people one and all,
That’s how he got elected as a member of the Dail.

Oh, me uncle is a T.D. me boys, me uncle is a T.D.,
And that’s the very reason why nothing bothers me.
Me brother was made a foreman, though he never built a wall,
Ah, but then you’ll see me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.

Now, he’s not good at learnin’, sure he never went to school,
But that’s no disadvantage in this country as a rule.
He was in the county council, but you know that means damn all,
But hats off to me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.

Oh, me uncle is a T.D. me boys, me uncle is a T.D.,
And that’s the very reason why nothing bothers me.
He got a pension for me Da, though he’s not blind at all,
Yea, but then you see me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.

Now he’s not fond of arguing, sure he’s as quiet as a mouse.
He never says a wrong word up there in Leinster House.
He never connects with either side Fine Gael or Fianna Fail,
So long as he draws a salary as a member of the Dail.

Oh, me uncle is a T.D. me boys, me uncle is a T.D.
And his sister’s going to marry a ministers secretary,
She met him up in Dublin in Barry’s at a ball,
That’s how they got acquainted through me uncle in the Dail.

Now, we’re the finest family that ever yet was seen,
We make a tidy packet from the makin’ of poitin.
It goes across the border and up to Donegal,
And they drink it in the lobbies, with my uncle in the Dail.

Oh, me uncle is a T.D. me boys, me uncle is a T.D.,
And me mother got her pension at the age of forty-three.
We draw family allowance though we’ve no kids at all,
Yea, but then you see me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.

Oh, me uncle is a T.D. me boys, me uncle is a T.D.,
And that’s the very reason why nothing bothers me.
We draw family allowance though we’ve no kids at all,
But then you see me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.
But then you see me uncle, he’s a member of the Dail.

END.