Young
O'Donnell rushed into a church, placed his rifle under a
pew and entered the confessional. "Father," he
said breathlessly, "I've just shot down two British
lieutenants!"
Hearing no response he went on: "I also knocked off
a British captain!"
When there was still no response from the priest, O'Donnell
said, "Father, have ye fainted?"
"Of course I haven't fainted," replied the confessor.
"I'm waitin' for you to stop talkin' politics and commence
confessin' your sins!"
Yup. Barack Obama, 44th President of the good old
USA is as Irish as Bono. His great-great-grandfather came from Moneygall
in County Offaly.
To celebrate, we present the song 'There's No One as Irish as Barack Obama',
sung by Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys. It became an instant big hit on
YouTube, getting nearly 400,000 views in the first two weeks.
The band have been invited to Washington DC by Irish American Democrats
to perform at Obama's inauguration party on 19th of Janurary 2009. Go
Irish!
So get practising! To help you out, here's the words
of the song: