Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh
Would ya like to be a TD in the Dail? ( in the Dail )
Sitting there upon you bum doin’ sweet damn all. ( sweet damn all )
Shake me hand and get me vote.
Then ya treat me like a goat.
There’s too many TDs in the Dail.
They throw so much muck at one another.
Ya know what, I think they’d even sell their mother.
Fine fail, Fine Gael, PD, Labour all the same.
When in trouble, the others they do blame.
Oh would ya like to be a TD in the Dail? ( in the Dail )
Sitting there upon you bum doin’ sweet damn all. ( sweet damn all )
Shake me hand and get me vote.
Then ya treat me like a goat.
There’s too many TDs in the Dail.
Well they spent so much, time up in the air.
On their private jet, they sit without a care.
They sit down there so relaxed.
While we’re all so over taxed.
And they’d rather, no questions would be asked.
Would ya like to be a TD in the Dail? ( in the Dail )
Sitting there upon you bum doin’ sweet damn all. ( sweet damn all )
Shake me hand and get me vote.
Then ya treat me like a goat.
There’s too many TDs in the Dail.
What I’m going to tell ya now is no surprise.
They give all the top jobs te their auld loyal boys.
Maybe we shouldn’t point and blame.
Sure we’d all do the bloody same.
If we were TDs sitting in the Dail.
Oh would ya like to be a TD in the Dail? ( in the Dail )
Sitting there upon you bum doin’ sweet damn all. ( sweet damn all )
Shake me hand and get me vote.
Then ya treat me like a goat.
There’s too many TDs in the Dail.
“Stay out her Johnny.”
“That’s right, that’s the truth.”
Would ya like to be a TD in the Dail? ( in the Dail )
Sitting there upon you bum doin’ sweet damn all. ( sweet damn all )
Shake me hand and get me vote.
Then ya treat me like a goat.
There’s too many TDs in the Dail.
Oh there’s far too many TDs in the Dail