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James Patrick O'Hara the Justice of Peace	A
He bossed the P M and he bossed the police	A
A parent a deacon a landlord was he	B
A townsman of weight was O Hara J P	B
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He gave out the prizes foundation stones laid	C
He shone when the Governor s visit was paid	C
And twice re elected as Mayor was he	B
The flies couldn t roost on O Hara J P	B
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Now Sandy M Fly of the Axe and the Saw	D
Was charged with a breach of the licensing law	D
He sold after hours whilst talking too free	B
On matters concerning O Hara J P	B
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And each contradicted the next witness flat	E
Concerning back parlours side doors and all that	E
Twas very conflicting as all must agree	B
Ye d better take care said O Hara J P	B
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But Baby the barmaid her evidence gave	F
A poor timid darling who tried to be brave	F
Now don t be afraid if it s frightened ye be	B
Speak out my good girl said O Hara J P	B
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Her hair was so golden her eyes were so blue	G
Her face was so fair and her words seemed so true	G
So green in the ways of sweet women was he	B
That she jolted the heart of O Hara J P	B
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He turned to the other grave Justice of Peace	A
And whispered You can t always trust the police	A
I ll visit the premises during the day	H
And see for myself said O Hara Jay Pay	H
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Case postponed	I
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Twas early next morning or late the same night	J
Twas early next morning we think would be right	J
And sounds that betokened a breach of the law	D
Escaped through the cracks of the Axe and the Saw	D
And Constable Dogherty out in the street	K
Met Constable Clancy a bit off his beat	K
He took him with finger and thumb by the ear	L
And led him around to a lane in the rear	M
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He pointed a blind where strange shadows were seen	N
Wild pantomime hinting of revels within	O
We ll drop on M Fly if you ll listen to me	B
And prove we are right to O Hara J P	B
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But Clancy was up to the lay of the land	P
He cautiously shaded his mouth with his hand	P
Wisht man Howld yer whisht or it s ruined we ll be	B
It s the justice himself it s O Hara J P	B
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They hish d and they whishted and turned themselves round	Q
And got themselves off like two cats on wet ground	Q
Agreeing to be on their honour as men	R
A deaf dumb and blind institution just then	R
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Inside on a sofa two barmaids between	N
With one on his knee was a gentleman seen	N
And any chance eye at the keyhole could see	B
In less than a wink twas O Hara J P	B
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The first in the chorus of songs that were sung	S
The loudest that laughed at the jokes that were sprung	S
The guest of the evening the soul of the spree	B
The daddy of all was O Hara J P	B
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And hard cases chuckled and hard cases said	T
That Baby and Alice conveyed him to bed	T
In subsequent storms it was painful to see	B
Those hard cases side with the sinful J P	B
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Next day in the court when the case came in sight	J
O Hara declared he was satisfied quite	J
The case was dismissed it was destined to be	B
The final case of O Hara J P	B
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The law and religion came down on him first	U
The Christian was hard but his wife was the worst	U
Half ruined and half driven crazy was he	B
It made an old man of O Hara J P	B
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Now young men who come from the bush do you hear	L
Who know not the power of barmaids and beer	M
Don t see for yourself from temptation steer free	B
Remember the fall of O Hara J P	B

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