Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
October 2022 I took a week off work
When the Irish Women’s Soccer team played a match in Hampden Park
Amber Barrett scored the winner, we went on the lash
When we got back home we all went in to watch the Apres match
Rob Wotton was the Anchor Man that night on Sky TV
with our star midfielder Chloe Mustaki
We were awfully offended he said by your Celtic Symphony
Might you Irish need to educate yourselves said the man from B Sky B
I nearly choked on me hob-nob, I kicked the pouffé across the floor
The pit-bull nearly died of fright and scarpered out the door
I said three quick Hail Mary’s, the Lord’s Prayer and a Glory Be
And I sang for Mr Wotton, the Man from B Sky B
Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
Rob Old Chap please understand such Symphonies were written
That lads like you might comprehend the history of Great Britain
How your boys built concentration camps in the Transvaal
And how Sir Winston Churchill starved 3 million people in Bengal
Genocide in Ireland Amritsar overlooked
Conveniently airbrushed from the History Books
Elgin Marbles, Bronze Statues of Benin
Stolen to become trinkets for the King and Queen
The plundered jewels of India, the pilfered tons of gold
Millions of Africans kidnapped shipped and sold
Kidnapped shipped and sold Rob, kidnapped shipped and sold
Millions of Africans, kidnapped shipped and sold
So when you’ve absorbed the history Rob
Of that once mighty nation
Then you might be fit to preach on Ireland’s need for education.
Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná, Ooh Ah Cumann na Mná
I first encountered Mick Blake’s songs on Youtube. He came and performed at a concert for Children in Gaza 8 years ago. I’ve covered a number of Mick’s songs in recent years and often visit his Youtube channel. He sent me an original version of this song and subsequently allowed me to expand it into this new version.