Oh me name is Paddy Murphy, I'm Irish through and through
Drink me pints with the boys in the pub, that's surely what I do
and if I cut me finger, you see that I bleed green, for I'm the truest Irishman that you have ever seen

One day my said Paddy, "wouldn't it be grand to learn that we're related to the kings of Ireland,
we'd be the talk down at the hall with such a pedigree, let's mail away a sample to twenty three and me

Twenty three and me, me boys, twenty three and me, let's mail away a sample to twenty three and me
Twenty three and me lads, twenty three and me
You just spit in a cup and send it off to learn our history

So we sent away a sample to check our DNA, told our friends it won't be long we'll be hearing any day
Then one night I came from work, my wife was at the door, she said sit down here Paddy this will shake you to the core

Twenty three and me, me boys, twenty three and me, we mailed away a sample to twenty three and me
Twenty three me and me, me lads, looks like we got an answer from twenty three and me

I could tell that it was serious by the look upon her face, she handed me a letter and me heart began to race. I stared down at the paper not believin' what it was saying,

The chart said partly Irish, but mostly French-Canadian

Twenty three and me, me boys, twenty three and me, we mailed away a sample to twenty three and me
Twenty three and me, me lads, twenty three and me. You just spit it a cup and send it off to learn our history.

I always thought me roots were in the land of Innisfree, until I got a letter from twenty three and me, until I got a letter from twenty three and me.....