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Oh, Willie Maley was his name, he brought some great names to the game,
When he was the boss at Celtic Park,
You see, he taught them how to play football,
And he made the greatest of them all,
Gallacher and Quinn have left their mark.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay,
Most of the football greats,
Have past through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.

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One hundred years with much success, then we find out great club in a mess,
Till the rebels came to town to overthrow,
The old board who had seen their day,
And Ranger's who had their own,
And to rise up and prevent 10-in-a-row.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Lambert, Burley, Stubbs, and Annoni,
Most of the football greats,
Have past through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.

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And then in 1995, it felt good just to be alive,
And we're amongst the honours once again,
The fans all cried out for Pierre,
He won them a cup but he's not all there,
Like Di Canio and Jorge Cadete.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, and Murdochs gone away, (God Bless Him.)
Most of the football greats,
Have past through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.

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November 1997, back in Paradise where living,
With fifty odd thousand seated here at last,
Once again things are looking up,
Wim Jansen wins the Coca-Cola cup,
And Gerry Adams wins in West Belfast. (Then we won the league.)

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Ireland, Dortmund and FC St. Puali,
Most of the football greats,
Have past through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.

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He painted Celtic on the wall and up the RA on the orange hall,
Down in old Port Glasgow where he used to stay,
He played the bass drum in the Wolfe Tone band,
Then he crossed the see to old Ireland,
Where he drilled and trained and joined the IRA.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
With an ASU of the South Armagh Brigade,
Now he takes his gear and he waits,
Outside crown forces gates,
For the RUC or the foreign enemy.

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Now in the new millenium, the Irishman, O'Neill has come,
To take us into the 21st centuary,
With Henrik back from injury,
He made a miracle recovery,
And we won 6-2 in his first Old Firm game.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
Neil Lennon, Packie Bonner, Charlie Tully and James Connolly,
Most of the football greats,
Have past through Parkhead's gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.

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St. Patrick's Day had come around, then we won the League Cup on the national ground,
Hat-trick Henrik lifted every prize,
With his 53 goals and the golden show,
We won the league flag and the Scottish Cup too,
And they brought the treble home to Paradise.

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And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Henrik, Moravcik, Valgaeren and Johan Mjallby,
Most of the football greats,
Have past through the Gallowgate,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way,
I said, "they play football the Glasgow Celtic way.".