The ballrooms in this country are living proof today
Of a man who's now a legend from Wicklow to Galway
We love our country music, to us, it's everything
It don't matter what they tell you, Big Tom is still the King
With fever pitched excitement, country music on our mind
I'd drive one hundred miles to hear that voice so warm and kind
And I can still recall now, the first time I heard him sing
I feel proud to be from Blaney, where Big Tom is still the King
You can have your Waylon Jennings or Nashville's Charlie Pride
They boast of all their superstars, but for us, it's Tom McBride
Oh, Nashville is so far away, it scarcely means a thing
But when you're in Old Ireland, Big Tom is still the King
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Next time you're down in Wexford or West in old Mayo
Don't need to ask them who's the King
They chose Big Tom long ago
You can ask the stars in Ireland, they say he's got the swing
They'd be the first to tell you, Big Tom is still the King
You can have your Waylon Jennings or Nashville's Charlie Pride
They boast of all their superstars, but for us, it's Tom McBride
Oh, Nashville is so far away, it scarcely means a thing
But when you're in Old Ireland, Big Tom is still the King
But when you're in Old Ireland, Big Tom is still the King