O’Bama is our distant relative from the way back.

February 3, 2009 in Found FUN, White Sox Baseball with 4 Comments

I told Corky that his email was too good to be true. I mean, not only is on our newest President a South Sider, but he’s also a SOX fan and a BEARS fan.

But Irish, too?

I had to investigate, and it turns out it’s true. And that’s the cat’s pajamas, daddio. Just like this song made by the Corrigan Brothers:

Barack makes mention in the video about stopping over for a pint. Hopefully he won’t end up at the Museum of Irish Roots (ala Family Guy).

But if history repeats, and we can hold onto the belief that if one Irish family did great things for a country that was ripped apart, maybe a president who’s part Irish can do the same. At least I can hope.

4 Responses to “O’Bama is our distant relative from the way back.”

Patrick McCarthy February 4, 2009 at 6:10 am #

that’s some good crack!

padraig
Joe Doyle February 4, 2009 at 9:55 am #

The lyrics are great:
No one as Irish as Barack OBama

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

You don’t believe me, I hear you say
But Barack’s as Irish, as was JFK
His granddaddy’s daddy came from Moneygall
A small Irish village, well known to you all

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama

He’s as Irish as bacon and cabbage and stew
He’s Hawaiian he’s Kenyan American too
He’s in the white house, He took his chance
Now let’s see Barack do Riverdance

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama

From Kerry and cork to old Donegal
Let’s hear it for Barack from old moneygall
From the lakes if Killarney to old Connemara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
From the old blarney stone to the great hill of Tara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

2008 the white house is green, their cheering in Mayo and in Skibereen.
The Irish in Kenya, and in Yokahama,
Are cheering for President Barack O’Bama

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

The Hockey Moms gone, and so is McCain
They are cheering in Texas and in Borrisokane,

In Moneygall town, the greatest of drama, for our Famous president Barack o Bama

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish As Barack O’Bama

The great Stephen Neill, a great man of God,
He proved that Barack was from the Auld Sod
They came by bus and they came by car, to celebrate Barack in Ollie Hayes’s Bar

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

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Hardy Drew
Jen S. February 4, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

That ROCKS! I’m stealing it and posting it on Facebook.
Sis Kelly February 4, 2009 at 6:15 pm #

I am so excited that I am related to Barack Obama!!