Give It A Lash Jack

C In the summer, in the sunshine, G We’re off to Italia C F For the World Cup, we’re getting wound up C G C To support the best team in the land C For the first time and not the last time G The Irish lads have qualified C F All the fans have a message for the manager C G C In unison they all will cry C Give it a lash Jack, Give it a lash Jack G Never, Never, Never say nooo C F Ireland, Ireland, Repubilic of Ireland C G C Rev it up and here we gooo C Maradona, Maradona, G Keep him from the ball till he begs C F Look behind you poor Diego C G C Mick McCarthy bite your legs C Packie Bonner , he’s a gonner G He won’t have a single thing to do C F Take a picnic , Packie Bonner C G C Lineker can do that too C Give a sermon to the Germans G They thought that the wall had died C F Till they came up against the Irish C G C Now they know it’s all a lie C Give it a lash Jack, Give it a lash Jack G Never, Never, Never say nooo C F Ireland, Ireland, Repubilic of Ireland C G C Rev it up and here we gooo C Johnnie Aldrige showed the Maldives G That he hadn’t lost his touch C F He’s holding back now, for the craic now C G C Till the day we get revenge on the Dutch C Ronnie Whelan had them reeling G The Russian’s had confounded in a fact C F To ensure that they don’t meet Ireland C G C They’re trying to change the Warsaw Pact C Give it a lash Jack, Give it a lash Jack G Never, Never, Never say nooo C F Ireland, Ireland, Repubilic of Ireland C G C Rev it up and here we gooo C Have you heard about Ruudi Guilt G How his grandfather came from Skibbereen C F Poor Ould Ruudi is inconsolable C G C He’s dyed all his dreadlocks green C When they come back with the World Cup G We’ll call a taxidermist that we know C F Then we’ll stuff them and we’ll mount them C G C And we’ll put them in the window for a show C Give it a lash Jack, Give it a lash Jack G Never, Never, Never say nooo C F Ireland, Ireland, Repubilic of Ireland C G C Rev it up and here we gooo