Eddie Matters Here copyright 2008 Stan Lyness intro/outro melody ("Fields of Athenry") copyright 197x Pete St John 4/4 120 (half-time intro), 100-109 (verses) A or B for me As you carry Eddie's body home to Athenry, (1 4) (1 6m) what can you tell the fam'ly of a son too young to die? (1 6m) (2m 57) Once you've said what must be said, tell 'em loud and clear:(1 4) (1 6m) He was ours too - Eddie matters here. (1 5) 1 Over here in Boston, Eddie died the other day. 1 (4 1 ) Any doctor could've saved him, but his fear kept him away. 1 (2m) 5 Like a few of us from Galway, he was here informally, 1 (3 6m) and he moved about his new home quietly. (1 5) 1 Tell the friends, tell the cousins left behind in Athenry, 5 (4 1 ) tell the nuns, tell his mother they must've raised him right. 5 (4 5 ) There's two hundred gathered here today to testify that we're in a 1 (4 2m) world changed by Eddie; Eddie matters here. (1 2m)(5) 1 So carry back this photograph to Galway if you would 1 (4 1 ) of those who drank and loved and laughed with Eddie while we could.1 (2m) 5 Let two hundred of us standing on the steps outside St Bren's 1 (3 6m) tell a hometown: Eddie made some friends. (1 5) 1 To the contractors and foremen who relied on Eddie's skill, 5 (4 1 ) to the families growin' up in the buildings he helped build, 5 (4 5 ) to the kids he'd coach in hurling, to Muldoon who'd share a beer, 1 (4 2m) Eddie changed their world; Eddie matters here. (1 2m)(5) 1 An' tell 'em we'll treat better other Eddies they may send, 6m 6m but will it matter? We'll not see his like again. 2 5 57 Tell the friends, tell the cousins left behind in Athenry, 5 (4 1 ) tell the nuns, tell his mother they must've taught him right. 5 (4 5 ) There's two hundred gathered here today to testify that we're who we 1 (4 2m) are because of Eddie; Eddie matters (1 2m)(5) here. (1 4)(1 6m) - for the newcomers based on Kevin Cullen 2008/1/31 Boston Globe column on Eddie Treacy's wake http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/31/a_toast_to_an_irishman/