Thanks a mill everyone, thank you.
Now you are very good
This next song now, it's a ballad that we wrote
for our friends across the water.
At Brexit they got frustrated
They did.
As it was dragged out and non-stop debated
Ages.
So we Irish we feel obligated
We do.
To explain to them one simple fact.
That we don't understand how the English can't see
after all they've experienced colonially
The one thing that's clear from their history
Is that it's hard to break free from a union.
It's awful hard to break free from a union lads
That's true.
Sure wouldn't we know all about that in our little country
We would indeed.
In Ireland for hundreds of years we tried
we even left part of the country behind
So we can't understand all the English suprise
That it's hard to break free from a union.
What about India lads?
Oh they had it tough.
After 200 years being occupied
The British they finally stepped aside
When asked Mahatma Gandhi replied
"It is one of life's undeniable facts"
That it's hard to break free from a union.
What about the lads down under?
Oh the Australians?
Separated by thousands of miles of sea
They still have the queen on their currency
It should have been...
Crocodile Dun...
Deeeeeee....
But it's hard to break free from a union
and there was the Egyptians as well
Oh sure that's still going on.
After 100 years of freedom
Their shit is still in the British Museum
Even Tutankhamun's grandson...
Had to pay into see him.
Cause it's hard to break free from a union.
But sure they weren't the only countries lads in fairness
Oh no.
Botswana
Bahrain
Qatar
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan too.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Seychelles
Palestine
Sri Lanka
and Malta
All took their time
Myanmar
Mauritius
Lesotho
Kuwait
Kenya
Jordan
Iraq had to wait
Guyana
Grenada
Fiji and Sudan
Jamaica
Malawi
took ages to plan
There's loads more Johnny
you are just going to have to speed her up
Brunei, Belize,
Barbados, Bahamas
Canada, Cyprus
Dominica, Tonga
South Africa, Solomon Islands
Uganda
Malaysia, Libya
Kiribati and Ghana
The Gambia, Yemen
Tanzania, Tuvalu
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Maldives, Vanuatu
Trinidad and Tobago
Swaziland, and Saint Lucia
UAE, USA
Antigua and Barbuda
Afghanistan,
St Vincents
and the Grenadines.
Yes it's...
Hard to break free from a union.
Oh boys that's one hell of a list.
Thanks be to God for Wikipedia
Tin whistle solo!
Here we go!
So believe when we say
that we know how you feel
After trying for years to broker a deal.
As the European Parliament slowly revealed
Oh we are going to make it very hard to break free from this union.
Now we know it's not our fight to fight
And leave or remain well we
don't give a shite
But it's ruining the news every single night
Why lads?
Cause it's
Hard to break free from a union.
Aye!
Doomdah!
Hello we are Foil Arms and Hog
If you don't know us yet
We do videos to encourage people to come to our live show
and we're coming over to the UK. That's right.
We're doing a bunch of shows, 17 dates in all these places
Please tell your friends if you know anyone who lives there specifically Manchester
because the room is enormous
And we're doing an extra three shows in Vicar Street in Dublin in April
Oooh the Easter weekend.
Sure, what else would you be doing on the Easter weekend?
Can you drink now on the Friday?
Oh you can now.
I might have a glass of wine.
You will not?
I will now.
I've worked hard
Spoil yourself
I've raised 5... 7 strapping young men.
You'll still be abstaining from fish though?
Oh of course Jesus.
Blasphemous.
Doomdah