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Verse 1
(A minor) One evening of late as
I (C major) happened to stray (F major)
To the (C major) County Tip (G major) perary
I straight took my way
(A minor) To dig the potatoes and work (C major) by the (F major) day
for a (C major) farmer called (G major) Darby O'Leary. (A minor)
Verse 2
I asked him how far (F major) we
were (C major) bound for to go
The (F major) night being (G major) dark and
the cold wind did blow
I (A minor) was hungry and tired
and my spirit (C major) s were low (F major)
for I (C major) got neither whis (G major) key nor wa (A minor) ter.
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Verse 3
The dirty old (A minor) miser he
(C major) mounted his steed (F major)
To the (C major) (G major) Galbally mountains he
rode in great speed
(A minor) I followed behind 'til my
poor (C major) feet did (F major) bleed
when we (C major) stopped when his (G major) old
horse was (A minor) weary.
Verse 4
When we came to his (F major) cottage I (C major) entered it first
it (F major) seemed like (G major) a kennel or
a ruined old church
Says (A minor) I to myself I am (C major) left in the lurch
(F major) in the (C major) house of old (G major) Darby O'Leary (A minor)
Verse 5
I well recollect (A minor) it was (C major) (F major) Michalmass night
To a (C major) hearty good sup (G major) per
he did me invite
A cup (A minor) of sour milk that was
more (C major) green than (F major) white
And it (C major) gave me the trotting (G major) dis (A minor) order
Verse 6
The wet old potatoes (A minor) (F major) would
(C major) poison the cats
And the (G major) barn where my bed was
was swarming with rats
The (A minor) fleas would have frightened
the fear (C major) less St. (F major) Pat
who (C major) banished the snakes (G major) o'er the (A minor) border.
Verse 7
He worked me by (A minor) day and he
(C major) worked me by night, (F major)
while he (C major) held an old (G major) candle
to give me some light
I (A minor) wished his potatoes would
die (C major) of the blight (F major)
or him (C major) self would go (G major) off with the fairies. (A minor)
Verse 8
It was on this old (A minor) miser I
looked (C major) with a frown
When the straw (F major) was brought (G major) in
for to make my shakedown
And (A minor) I wished I had never
seen him (C major) nor his town
(F major) nor the sky (C major) above (G major) Darby O'Leary. (A minor)
Verse 9
I've worked in (A minor) Kilconnel, I've
(C major) worked in (F major) Killmore
I (C major) worked in (G major) Knoockan
nie and Shamballamore
In Kalisanaker and (A minor) (C major) Sol (F major) lahed Moore
with farm (C major) ers so (G major) decent and cheery. (A minor)
Verse 10
I've worked in Tipper (F major) ary,
the (C major) Rag and Ross Green
At the (F major) mount of (G major) Killfegal, the Bridge
of Orleans
But such (A minor) woeful starvation I (C major) never yet seen (F major)
As I (C major) got from old (G major) Darby O'Leary (A minor)
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