A
man was walking in the mountains just enjoying the scenery
when he stepped too close to the edge of the mountain and
started to fall. In desperation he reached out and grabbed
a limb of a gnarly old tree hanging onto the side of the
cliff.
Full of fear he assessed his situation. He was about 100
feet down a shear cliff and about 900 feet from the floor
of the canyon below. If he should slip again he'd plummet
to his death. Full of fear, he cries out, "Help me!"
But there was no answer. Again and again he cried out but
to no avail. Finally he yelled, "Is anybody up there?
"
A deep voice replied, "Yes, I'm up here."
"Who is it?"
"It's the Lord."
"Can you help me?"
"Yes, I can help. Have faith in me."
"Help me!"
"Let go."
Looking around the man became full of panic. "What?!?!"
"Have faith in me. Let go. I will catch you."
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: