Billy Reilley chords by
Jackie Oates
Jackie Oates

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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G

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Billy Riley at thy rest,
your father calls you from the past
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C

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His voice is loud but you were blessed
with sleep and cannot hear him
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He doesn't talk much anymore,
Billy Riley
Long time ago you courted me
In the summer days
Am
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when the world ran free
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C
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And love hung ripe on the rowan tree
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You played your father's pipes
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C

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And all my joys abounded, Billy Riley
But time and other dreams took hold
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The land grew chill and the air ran cold
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C
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And all the things
that make young men old
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C
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Must send the wild geese flying
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C
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You left me with your child, Billy Riney
Your father raged and made me
swear I'd never tell you
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C

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But I couldn't bear un
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spoken names
and whispering stares
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And worst of all the nights
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Oh, curse the hour that I wrote you,
Billy Riney
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You sailed for home
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with the next tide in
But the ship was lost and all men within
And now all Ireland's grace can't win you
Out from the briny ocean
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My heart lies dead at my feet
Billy Ridey
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Your father curses the rolling sea
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The stormy winds fare franson me
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And I curse love and my own baby
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An d life is not the short thing
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That they wouldn't have you believe
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Billy Riney
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The pipes will sing you fast asleep
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Where 'er you lie in the ocean's keep
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Forgive me if I no longer weep
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As year by year I stay here
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Imprisoned by my sins, Billy Riley
And you wouldn't recognise me, Billy Riley

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