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paul childs's avatar

Well I guess Macca was trying. I think Lennon's song was harder hitting (as they usually were) though:

If you had the luck of the Irish,

You'd be sorry and wish you were dead

You should have the luck of the Irish

And you'd wish you was English instead

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Dan Darnoco's avatar

Agree regarding Lennon being more hard hitting, however, as the better songwriter of the two (some die bards may disagree), I expected his song to be a little less condescending. I think the use of leprechauns made it a bit more trivial.

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