Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear   The news that's going round?   The shamrock is forbid by law   To grow on Irish ground      St. Patrick's name no more you'll here   His colors can't be seen   They've gone and passed a law against   The wearing of the green      Sure I looked at Napper Tandy   And he took me by the hand   And he said, "How's dear old Ireland   And how does she stand?"      It's the most distressful country   That ever you have seen   They're hanging men and women   For wearing of the green      Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear   The news that's going round?   The shamrock is forbid by law   To grow on Irish ground      St. Patrick's name no more you'll here   His colors can't be seen   They've gone and passed a law against   The wearing of the green      They're hanging men and women   For wearing of the green