Key: D minor•
Verse 1
F
Bb
I happened to stray
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C
To the County Tipperary
I straight took my way
Dm
F
Bb
To dig the potatoes and work by the day
F
C
Dm
for a farmer called Darby O'Leary.
Verse 2
Bb
C
The night being dark and
the cold wind did blow
F
Bb
and my spirits were low
F
C
Dm
for I got neither whiskey nor water.
Verse 3
F
Bb
mounted his steed
F
C
To the Galbally mountains he
rode in great speed
F
Bb
poor feet did bleed
F
C
when we stopped when his old
Verse 4
Bb
F
When we came to his cottage I entered it first
Bb
C
it seemed like a kennel or
a ruined old church
Dm
F
Says I to myself I am left in the lurch
Bb
F
C
Dm
in the house of old Darby O'Leary
Verse 5
Dm
F
Bb
I well recollect it was Michalmass night
F
C
To a hearty good supper
he did me invite
F
Bb
more green than white
F
C
Dm
And it gave me the trotting disorder
Verse 6
Dm
Bb
The wet old potatoes would
was swarming with rats
F
Bb
the fearless St. Pat
F
C
Dm
who banished the snakes o'er the border.
Verse 7
F
Bb
worked me by night,
F
C
while he held an old candle
to give me some light
F
Bb
die of the blight
F
C
Dm
or himself would go off with the fairies.
Verse 8
Bb
C
When the straw was brought in
for to make my shakedown
Bb
F
C
Dm
nor the sky above Darby O'Leary.
Verse 9
F
Bb
worked in Killmore
F
C
I worked in Knoockan
nie and Shamballamore
Dm
F
Bb
In Kalisanaker and Sollahed Moore
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C
Dm
with farmers so decent and cheery.
Verse 10
Bb
C
At the mount of Killfegal, the Bridge
of Orleans
Dm
F
Bb
But such woeful starvation I never yet seen
F
C
Dm
As I got from old Darby O'Leary
Outro 1
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ChordsDm F Bb C
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