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Quiz

Quiz: Can you finish these Irish lyrics?

Test yourself.

WE LOVE AN auld song here in Ireland.

But how well can you remember these lyrics?

"I say, hey boy, sittin' in your tree/ Mommy always wants you to come for tea"

Don't be shy, come down from the sky

Don't be shy, straighten up your tie

Don't be shy, we can get by

Don't be shy, we can fly

"You're on the road But you've got no destination You're in the mud..."

In the mire of anticipation

In red hot participation

In the maze of her imagination

And there's fires burning in your station

"Gaeil iad féin is ní Frainc ná Spáinnigh..."

Ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh.

Is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh

Is cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh

Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh

"Clouds a drifting across the moon Cats a prowling on their beat..."

Spring's a girl in the street at night

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Will chop you down like an old dead tree

Shining steel tempered in the fire

"Cast my memory back there, Lord Sometime I'm overcome thinking about..."

Making love in the green grass, behind the stadium

Slipping and a-sliding, all along the waterfall

Skipping and a-jumping, in the misty morning fog

You my brown-eyed girl

"Have heart my dear..."

We don't have time for that

As if you have a choice

And we'll run for our lives

We're bound to be afraid

"Be my friend, but secretly like me..."

We can explore these hills if that's what you want to do

I wanna catch you staring, and make you you go all red

I love the way your hair falls in the summer

You play with my hair like theres no other

"Come on and give me your heart..."

Come on let's make a stand

Write it on the back of my hand

Write it on the back of her hand

Let's not put our heads in the sand

"Now we go steady to the pictures..."

My father says I'm living in a trance

I can't wait to have my dance

I always get chocolate stains on my pants

I just want a chance

"I'm dancing the seven veils..."

Soon I can give you my heart

See how the black moon fades

Dragging it back to the start

Want you to pick up my scarf

Answer all the questions to see your result!

You scored out of !

Top Dog!

Pawsitively perfect

You scored out of !

Clever Cat!

Almost purrfect!

You scored out of !

Fintastic

Flippin good!

You scored out of !

What are ewe doing!?

Bbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddd

You scored out of !

Turtley Awful!

Shell of a bad effort.

Author

Paul Hosford

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