Paddy
the Englishman, Paddy the Irishman, Paddy the Scotsman,
and Paddy the Welshman were all flying together in an airliner.
The captain announced that they were losing altitude rapidly
and that one of them would have to jump out to save the
others.
"I do this for the glory of Scotland," said Paddy
the Scotsman and he jumped out.
"We need to lose more weight," said the captain,
so Paddy the Welshman shouted, "I do this for the glory
of Wales," and jumped out.
"Sorry," said the captain. "I'm afraid we
need to lose the weight of just one more person."
"I do this for the glory of Ireland," said Paddy
the Irishman and threw out Paddy the Englishman.
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: