Christy Moore – Sail On Jimmy (Guitar)

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They laid out the body

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In that peaceful pagan home

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To pay their last respects

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All the neighbours came along

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In the wee hours of the morning

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Pagan words from a whisky still

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Fall in from the bushes

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Sworn enemies are friends again

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Someone spilt Porter on the corpse

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In the middle of a song

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And the stories kept on coming back

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From 1941

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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Sail on, Jimmy boy

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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From this Irish Pagan ritual

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Mad Mary from the crossroads

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Grabbed my arse for all to see

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I'll tell your fortune Scoby

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If you come on home with me

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In the name of God now Mary

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Some respect for the dead

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You can't be grabbing arses

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At a Pagan ritual

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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Sail on, Jimmy boy

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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From this Irish Pagan ritual

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Father Tim is telling Tommy

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How the Israelites came in

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And Tommy's eating sandwiches

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That are piled up next to him

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Someone started singing

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Ah Revenge for Skibereen

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There's a French lad there translating

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For the next door neighbours daughter

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Jean Louis and lovely Angelie

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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Sail on, Jimmy boy

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Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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From this Irish Pagan ritual

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In the wee hours of the morning

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We were howling at the moon

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When the Mystic wind took Jimmy

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Way up to the Mystic room

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Up up up up up he's gone

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In peace to save us all

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Gone with a Mystic blessing

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From that peaceful Pagan ritual

C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy

C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy

C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy

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From this Irish Pagan ritual

C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy

C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy

C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy

C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual