Green White & Gold chords by The Columba Minstrels

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Verse 1
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Yes, I've walked the streets of Cork,
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I've sang in Tipperary,
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My memories were clear of
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that causeway so old.
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My name is O 'Brien,
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an  d when I hear my children crying,
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My heart is full of colours,
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they were green,
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white and gold.
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Yes, the times we were poor,
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we  walked the leafy shore
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Crossed the beggar's bridge
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with freighters I would roam
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With that bag full of gold,
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I traded in for silver
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I found me a life in a land
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far from home
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Yes, I found me a ship,
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I'm bound for California
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Sails out of cove
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on that soft morning tide
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In the distance I'd see my
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island shores a yearning
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I'd kiss that stone ablani
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so I know I'll return
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La la lai, la lai, la lai, la lai, la lai, la lai, la lai,
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la la lai, la lai, lai, la lai, la lai, la lai.
After twenty long years,
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I hear those whistles blowing
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That fir -green iron, it was calling me home
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I stepped down on that shore,
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I kissed that stone of Blaney
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And back to the Beggar's Bridge
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once more, I  would roam
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Yes, at times we were poor,
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we walked the leafy shore
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Across the Beggar's Bridge
with Freddy's
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I would roam
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With that bag full of gold
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I traded in for silver
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I found me a life in a land far from home
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La la la ley,
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la la ley, la la ley, la la ley
Lest of times we were poor,
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we walked the lippy shore
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Crossed the beggar's ridge
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with freight as our roe
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With a bag full of gold
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I traded in for silver
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I found me a life in a land far from home
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Yes, I've walked the streets of Cork,
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I've sang in Tipperary
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Those memories are clear of my cause,
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way so old
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My name is O 'Brien,
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and when I hear my children crying
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Yes, my heart is full of colours,
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and they're green, white,
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and gold.
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La la la lai, la lai lai lai lai lai lai lai