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KATIE ANNE

from MONA LISA SMILE by Billy O'Dwyer Bob

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Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man?
He's gone and he's left you alone.
Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man?
He's gone and he ain't coming home.

Katie Anne, she was young, so the story begun
Met a man and she fell in love
Over Big Mac and fries, she saw love in his eyes
As they sat 'neath the stars up above.

Now Bobby, for sure, he was young, he was poor
But he had big ideals, folks would say
He was handsome and strong, didn't take none too long
Katie Anne married Bobby one day.

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Her mama, they said, would as soon see him dead
And with mama, you just could not win
And sure everyone knows, and at times it sure shows
She didn't like his dark colour of skin.

Her daddy, all told, he could not be consoled
In the winter of his living years
How would dare such a man take his sweet baby's hand
He foretold how t'would all end in tears.

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Now the pendulum swung and Katie Anne, she was hung
Between Bobby and those she loved dear
But blood, it runs deep and loose talk can be cheap
For she acted, they say, out of fear.

Now the years have passed by and sometimes Katie cries
And her folks, they have long passed away
And life, it now seems full of regrets and dreams
Of how Bobby might come back some day.

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from MONA LISA SMILE, released July 20, 2014

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Billy O'Dwyer Bob South Tipperary, Ireland

'Billy O'Dwyer is from the Emerald Isle and possesses a pronounced Irish brogue that is wholly absorbing. He has written all the material and proves to be a good storyteller...' -Country Music People
'The voice is mellow, the arrangements, beautifully simple and the lyrics are excellent. Billy is another one of those treasures of the music scene...a talent to watch out for.' -Irish Music Magazine ... more

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