Misc Traditional – The Hat My Father Wore (Guitar)

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I'm Paddy Miles an Irishman

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I've just come across the sea,

    G
For singing or for dancing

  C
I think I can please thee,

        C
I can sing and dance as any man

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As I did in the days of yore,

G
And on St Paddy's day I loved to wear

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The hat my father wore!

C
It is old and it is beautiful

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It's the best you've ever seen,

       G
It was worn for more than ninety years

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On that little isle so green

        C
From my father's great ancestors

             F      G
It descended with galore

G
It's a relic of oul decency

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The hat my father wore.

C
I bid you all good evening,

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Good luck to you I say,

    G
And when I cross the ocean,

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I hope for me you'll pray,

C
I am going to me happy home,

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to a place called Ballymore

      G
To be welcomed back to Paddy's land

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With the hat my father wore!

C
It is old and it is beautiful

                     F    G
It's the best you've ever seen,

       G
It was worn for more than ninety years

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On that little isle so green

        C
From my father's great ancestors

             F      G
It descended with galore

G
It's a relic of oul decency

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The hat my father wore.

    C
And when I do return again

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The boys and girls to see

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I hope that with ould Erin's style

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You'll kindly welcome me

    C
And sing me songs of Ireland

            F        G
To cheer me more and more

   G
To make me Irish heart feel glad

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With the hat my father wore