Misc Traditional – The Roads To Kildare (Guitar)

D                     G  D                  A       D  A
Johnny was Born In A Mansion, down In The County of Claire

   D                         G      D        A     A7
Rosie was born by the roadside, somewhere in County Kildare

D                     G   D                                A   A7
Destiny brought them together, on the road near Killorglin one day

         G                          G   D                                 A7
In her bright pretty shawl she was singing,And she stole his young heart away

A7
For she said....

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Meet me tonight by the campfire, come with me over the hill

 D                  G                      D        D A
Let us be married tomorrow, please let me whisper I will

 D                           G  D
What if the neighbours are talking,

                                    A7
Who cares if your friends stop and stare

           D                     G  D
You'll be proud to be married to Rosie

                        A7     D
Who was reared on the roads of Kildare

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Think of the parents that reared you, think of the family name

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How could you marry a Gypsy? Oh what a terrible shame

D                             G   D                          A   A7
Parents and friends stop your pleading, don't worry about my affair

         D                     G  D
For I've fallen in love with a Gypsy

                      A7       D
Who was reared on the roads of Kildare

A7
For she said...

D                        G  D                  A      D  A
Meet me tonight by the campfire, come with me over the hill

 D                  G                      D        D A
Let us be married tomorrow, please let me whisper I will

 D                           G  D
What if the neighbours are talking,

                                    A7
Who cares if your friends stop and stare

           D                     G  D
You'll be proud to be married to Rosie

                        A7      D
Who was reared on the roads of Kildare

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Yes Johnny came down from his mansion, just as theI sun had gone down

D                        G                         D         A  A7
Turning his back on his kin-folk, likewise on his Down native town

    D                   G  D                                  A  A7
Facing the roads of old Ireland, with the gypsy he loved so sincere

               D                       G   D
When they (D)came to the light of the campfire

               A7           D
These are the words he Could hear

A7
And she said...

D                        G  D                  A      D  A
Meet me tonight by the campfire, come with me over the hill

 D                  G                      D        D A
Let us be married tomorrow, please let me whisper I will

 D                           G  D
What if the neighbours are talking,

                                    A7
Who cares if your friends stop and stare

           D                     G  D
You'll be proud to be married to Rosie

                        A7     D
Who was reared on the roads of Kildare

                                  G D
You'll be proud to be married to Rosie

                       A7        D
Who was reared on the roads of Kildare