The Irish Rovers – Dear Ould Ireland (Guitar)

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So here's a drink to you me boy and here's a drink to me

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And here's a drink to all our comrades in the company

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And when we're on the ocean may our fates most kindly be

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And bring us safely home to dear old Ireland

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Our ship is laying waiting  for to sail the raging main

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With cargo of Irish whiskey and tons of Irish grain

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We're headed for the sunny shores of Portugal and Spain

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And soon we will return to dear old Ireland

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So here's a drink to you me boy and here's a drink to me

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And here's a drink to all our comrades in the company

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And when we're on the ocean may our fates most kindly be

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And bring us safely home to dear old Ireland

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So farewell my sweet honey you're the one that I adore

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and likewise to my friends and family on the angry shore

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we'll all meet in the ale house and we'll make the rafters roar

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when we return again to dear old Ireland

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So here's a drink to you me boy and here's a drink to me

 G                  D                  Em            A
And here's a drink to all our comrades in the company

  D                    G                D            A
And when we're on the ocean may our fates most kindly be

  G                Em             A       D
And bring us safely home to dear old Ireland

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But now we're on the ocean and the wind is blowing high

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The skinner's cutting through the waves like lightning she can fly

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but when I think of you me girl my heart begins to sigh

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I wish I was back home in dear old Ireland

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So here's a drink to you me boy and here's a drink to me

 G                  D                  Em            A
And here's a drink to all our comrades in the company

  D                    G                D            A
And when we're on the ocean may our fates most kindly be

  G                Em             A       D
And bring us safely home to dear old Ireland

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Those Spanish sonorities sure can take your breath away

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rolling with the sailor boys is how they earn their pay

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But I have someone on my mind so I'll will never stray

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For I have a sweetheart back in old ireland

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So here's a drink to you me boy and here's a drink to me

 G                  D                  Em            A
And here's a drink to all our comrades in the company

  D                    G                D            A
And when we're on the ocean may our fates most kindly be

  G                Em             A       D
And bring us safely home to dear old Ireland