Seamus Moore - Transit van

^GMargaret Thatcher talkin ^Con T^GV, looks so sincere as she ^Dsays to ^Gme, There'd ^Gbe no unem^Cployment ^Gif, you all used a bit of ^Dinitia^Gtive I was ^Emon the dole I was ^Cbroke and bored Says ^GI'll take her ^Cat her ^Gword Got a ^Emloan from the credit u^Cnion man, And ^Gbought meself a ^Dtransit ^Gvan.

My ^Gnext step up the ^Cladder ^Gnow, I bought meself an ^Dauld fat ^Gsow, ^GCross the border quite l^Cegal^Gly?, Collected a common market ^Dsubsi^Gdy, Signed ^Emall the forms, handed ^Cback the pen. ^GSmuggled the sow back ^Chome ^Gagain, Ten ^Emtimes a day I ^Cworked this plan, Me^Gself, and the sow, and the ^Dtransit ^Gvan

^GTravel sickness the ^Csow picked ^Gup, Says I, it's time to di^Dversi^Gfy, Took ^Gall me money from the ^Cbiscuit ^Gtin, Filled the van to the roof with ^Dwhiskey and ^Ggin, A^Emround the South me ^Cwares I'd sell, In ^Gpublic houses ^Cand ho^Gtels, There was ^Emnever a guard nor a ^Ccustoms man, Put his ^Gnose inside the ^Dtransit ^Gvan,

At ^Gfestivals and ^Cfleadhs and ^Gfairs, If the craic was good you'd ^Dfind me ^Gthere, At ^Gall big matches ^Cin Croke ^GPark, And I danced with Springstein ^Din the ^Gdark, I ^Emfought with the tinkers in ^CBallinasloe, I ^Gdanced on streets a^Cround Lis^Gtowell, ^EmMothers had their ^Cdaughters warned, Stay ^Gwell away from the ^Dtransit ^Gvan,

It ^Gbeing Lent and the ^Cdrink trade ^Gslow I took to carrying ^Dvide^Go While ^Gon the road to ^CBally^Gbay Found a customs roadblock ^Din me ^Gway To ^Emface the border I ^Cgot her turned, The ^Gengine roared and the ^Ctires ^Gburned, ^EmFive patrol cars ^Cfully-manned, Were in ^Ghot pursuit of the ^Dtransit ^Gvan

^GThrough Clontbrit ^CI did ^Ggo, I was heading for the ^Dcounty Ma^Gyo, ^GRound the corner I ^Chit a ^Gdog, Went over the ditch landed ^Din the ^Gbog, I ^Emsat on a bank watched ^Call I owned, Sinkin ^Gin a bog hole ^Clike a ^Gstone, She was ^Emlying on the roof with the ^Cwheels still turning, And the ^Gstereo playing ^DDaniel O'^GDonnell.

^GNow I'm back where I ^Cfirst ^Gbegan, No job, no money, but ^DI've a ^Gplan, There's a ^Ggirl down in ^CMullin^Ggar, She can hold me future ^Din her ^Ghand, She ^Emdoesn't look like a ^Cfilm star but ^Gshe's been telling me ^Cabout her ^Dda. He has ^Emno property or ^Cland but he has ^Gtwo sows and a ^Ctransit ^Gvan.

The ^GQueen of England drives a ^CRolls^GRoyce car, her son Charly has a Ja-^Dgu-^Gar. But when the ^GPope came to ^CI-re-^Gland like ^Emmeself he ^Gdrove around in a ^Ctran^Gsit van!