Come Back Paddy Reilly chords by 
Burl Ives 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
Burl Ives - Come
back Paddy Reilly
The Garden of Eden has
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E
vanished they say
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E
But I know the lie of it still
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E
Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea
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E
And stop when halfway to Cootehill.
A
'Tis there I will find it I
E
know sure enough
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B
When fortune has come to my call,
E
Oh the grass it is green around
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E
Ballyjamesduff
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E
And the blue sky is over it all
A
And tones that are tender
E
and tones that are gruff,
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B
Are whispering over the sea,
E
Come back,
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E
Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff,
B
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
E
Verse 2
My mother once told me
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that when I was born
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B
E
The day that I first saw the light,
I looked down the street on
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that very first morn
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B
E
And gave a great crow of de light.
A
Now most newborn babies
E
ap pear in a huff,
F#
B
And start with a sorrowful squall
E
A
E
But I knew I was born in Ballyjamesduff
And that's why I smiled
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E
on them all.
A
The baby's a man,
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now he's toil- worn and tough,
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B
Still, whispers come over the sea,
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Come back,
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E
Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
B
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
E
Verse 3
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E
B
E
The night that we danced
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E
by the light of the moon,
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E
A
Wid Phil to the fore wid his flute,
When Phil threw his lip
E
over 'Come Again Soon,'
He's dance the foot out o'
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yer boot!
B
E
The day that I took long
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Magee by the scruff
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B
For slanderin' Rosie Kilrain,
E
Then, marchin' him straight
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out of Ballyjamesduff,
Assisted him into a drain.
E
Oh, sweet are the dream s, as
the dudeen I puff,
F#
B
Of whis perings over the sea,
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Come back,
A
E
Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
B
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
E
Verse 4
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E
I've loved the young women
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E
A
of every land,
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B
That al ways came easy to me;
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A
Just barrin' the belles of the
Black- a- moor brand
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And the chocolate shapes of Feegee.
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B
But that sort of love is a moonshiny stuff,
E
And never will addle me brain,
A
For the bells will be ringin'
in Ballyjamesduff
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B
For me and me Rosie
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Kilrain!
A
And through all their glamour,
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their gas and their guff
B
A whisper comes over the sea,
Come back,
E
A
E
Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
B
E
Come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F#
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B
F#
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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