JUST  A  DAMNED  ILLEGAL

by  SEAMUS  ROBINSON

© SEAMUS ROBINSON 2006

 

 

My name is Paddy Sheamus, from Erin’s Isle I come –

Ain’t looking any handouts, I ain’t a begging bum;

I build the towns and cities, a million bricks I lay –

But ‘cause I got no papers, you always give short pay.

 

( chorus )

      I’m just a damned illegal, I got no rights you say –

      You use me and abuse me, then tell me I can’t stay;

      Now Uncle Sam’s bald eagle don’t spread its wings for me –

      I’m just a damned illegal, another deportee.

 

My name it is Gonzales, from Mexico I come –

Ain’t looking any handouts, I ain’t a begging bum;

I work the farms and ranches, get in the crops and hay –

But ‘cause I got no papers, you always give short pay.

 

( repeat chorus )

 

My name is Anybody, from Anywhere I come –

Ain’t looking any handouts, I ain’t a begging bum;

I keep the country running, by night-time and by day –

But ‘cause I got no papers, you always give short pay.

 

( chorus twice )

 

 

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