Music: music from Fred Salier, Haymarket, Sydney plus words by Alf Gray.
Tune: The Wearing Of The Green
THEY CAN'T HURT PADDY'S MARKET BY CHANGING ITS NAMEThey can't hurt Paddy's Market by changing its name,What they do and what they say, it still will be the same, Take each week in a year, or days one by one, It's the poor man's old friend for his Saturday's fun, They tell you that business is bad on the street, Why it's 'business' is something that couldn't be beat You may ask any farmer you happen to know, If things in the markets have ever been slow. Chorus Long live Paddy's Market, It's glory and its fame. They can't harm the dear old place By changing of its name; The foes that assail her Shall soon see their shame, They can't hurt Paddy's Market By changing its name. They can't hurt the dear old spot by changing its name, The upper ten may scrall and scrowl, It's them that are to blame. From early morn to late at night it's packed from end to end, And since its first erection, it has been the poor man's friend, So let the toffs talk as they like, 'Twill always be the same, They can't hurt Paddy's Market by changing its name. Chorus Long live Paddy's Market, It's glory and its fame. They can't harm the dear old place By changing of its name; The foes that assail her Shall soon see their shame, They can't hurt Paddy's Market By changing its name. SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 14: CITY LIFE |