The Irish Rovers – The Roving Trade (Guitar)

    D                    A
The boys in the farm are working the plow

        A
They're picking potatoes and milking the cow

    D                   A
But we haven't time for shovel or sow

   A                  D
We work at the roving trade

D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to the night

    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life

D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

    D                    A
Back on the road we're going to be

A
Rogues and romances of high degree

    D                    A
The lassies are happy whenever they see

   A                  D
The boys of the roving trade

D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to the night

    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life

D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

    D                    A
Dublin and Cork and Galway are fine

    A
And Limerick is beautiful most of the time

    D                    A
But Belfast is never to far from me mind

   A                  D
I miss her whenever I roam

D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to the night

    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life

D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

    D                    A
We've traveled the world for many's a mile

A
Singin' and playin' and bringin' a smile

    D                    A
And soon we'll be back in the Emerald Isle

   A                  D
For Paddy is headed for home

D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to the night

    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life

D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight

    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

D                    A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay

C                    G
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay

D                    A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay

A                    D
Di da dee dum dee di dum