Paddy McHugh - Dan Ohalloran

      Didgeridoo Intro

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Adopted for the forth time, at the age of eleven;
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Nobody wanted Dan O’Halloran.
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Well he got himself into mischief, gangs and fights;
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And in juvenile detention he spent most of his time.
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And at the age of 19 he held up a servo
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And they sentenced him to 14 years up at Lithgow.

[Verse 2]
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He was 30 when I met him out 2 years on parole
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Renting a flat in Redfern collecting the dole
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Dan he was my neighbour and oft times I’d drink with him
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You’d never know the man had turned 21 in prison
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To spite his history and the wild look in his eye
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Dan was the sort of bloke you'd trust with your life

[Refrain]
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No body knows what happened to Dan O’Halloran except me
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And it makes me shiver
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But his ghost can be heard a screaming along the banks of the Daintree River.

[Verse 3]
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Many a time we wasted at the Raglan happy hour
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Till one day he dragged me down to the bar at the Cauliflower
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Put a hundred on the counter Said Paddy drink it down
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'Cause come next Friday I’ll be skippin town
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Well I pressed him for details but he never told me why
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We just toasted our friendship and said our goodbyes

[Verse 4]
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One week later this biker comes 'round
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Bashin' on doors wonderin' where Dan can be found
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I’d been seen drinking with him so he gets all up in my face
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I tell him Dan was just my neighbour and I ain't seen 'em round the place
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Well he told me Dan had pulled a knife ripped the wrong people off
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and if I see the mongrel bastard tell him he’ll be lucky if he gets shot

[Refrain]
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And No body knows what happened to Dan O’Halloran except me
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And it makes me shiver
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But his ghost can be heard a screaming along the banks of the Daintree River.

[Verse 5]
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One year later I got a letter
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Postmarked from Queensland Dan had never been better
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He’d been 9 months out at sea on a Cape York fishing boat
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He’d saved up all his money and he was headed for the coast
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Said he’d had enough of running so he set up in Port Douglas
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Life was beer, sun and women and selling pills to the tourists

[Verse 6]
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Happy hour at the Raglan back in Redfern drinking
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I overheard a voice say “D'you remember that dog O’Halloran?”
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Well we found the bastard livin it up North in Port Douglas
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My ears pricked up and I swiveled round to face these two bikers
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Well the both of them chuckled and one said through a smile
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We tied him up and left him by the river to the saltwater crocodiles

[Refrain]
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And no body knows what happened to Dan O’Halloran except me
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And it makes me shiver
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He was beaten and left to be eaten by the crocs on the banks of the Daintree River
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He was tied up and left to be eaten by the crocs on the banks of the Daintree River
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He was beaten and left to be eaten by the crocs on the banks of the Daintree River