I’ll Return chords by The Irish Rovers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I still recall the day
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I left the lovely Arran's Isle
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I bid the sand farewell at  Derry's Cay
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And after all these years
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I still see my mother's tears
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As I sailed off to Farmery Cay
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I'll return to the land
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that I was born in
Where the water tunnels
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clearly down the stream
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Where the birds sport and play
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above the green fields
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I'll return, there for me in my
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dreams
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And when we landed in New York
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in wonder I did stare
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At the strangest sights I'd
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ever seen before
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Sure the buildings grew so high
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that they covered up the sky
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And horse -less carts
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that made a griffon roar
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I'll return to the land
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that I was born in
Where the water tumbles
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clearly down the stream
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Where the birds sport and play
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above the green fields
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I'll return there if only in my
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dreams
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Relations on my mother's side
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weren't there to welcome me
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With open arms they kindly took me in
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And old Ireland sheds a tear,
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for all her young ones are all here
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And living in this place they
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call Brooklyn
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I'll return to the land
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that I was born in
Where the water tumbles
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clearly downstream
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Where the birds sport and play
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above the green fields
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I'll return there for me in
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my dreams
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I joined a gang of nannies
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on the railway weeding tile
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In the tunnels down below
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New York town
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And I nearly broke my back
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laying miles of railway track
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For the trains that rumbled
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underneath the ground
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I'll return to the land I was born in
Where the water tumbles
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clearly down the stream
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Where the birds sport and play
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above the green fields
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I'll return there if only in
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my dreams
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And now the years have passed me by
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And my memory's growing dim
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But thoughts of Ireland
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never  fade away
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And to see my mother smile
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When I reach the Emerald Isle
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Will fill my heart with glad
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ness on that day
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I'll return to the land that
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I was born in
Where the water tumbles
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clearly down the stream
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Where the birds sportively
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above the green fields
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I'll return and live only in my dreams
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I'll return to the land
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that I was born in
Where the water tumbles
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clearly down the stream
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Where the birds sport and play
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above the green fields
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I'll return there if only in my dreams
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I'll return there if only in my dreams
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