Irish Rover chords by Mel, Mel & Julian

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In the year of our Lord, 1806,
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We set sail from the cold key of Cork.
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We were sailing away with
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a cargo of bricks
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For the grand city hall of New York.
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We'd an elegant crab she was rigged for,
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And that's to know how
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the trade winds blow.
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She had twenty -three mats
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and she stood several blasts
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And they called her the Irish Robber
We had Barney McGee
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from the banks of Lully
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We had Hogan from County Tyrone
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We had Johnny McGirt
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who was scared stiff of work
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And a chap from Westmeath
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named Malone
We had Slugger, O'Toole,
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who was drunk as a loon
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And fighting near Tracey, Broomdover
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And your man, Mick McCann,
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on the banks of the Banner
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Was the skipper of the Irish robber
We had one million bags
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of the best Sligo rags
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We had two million barrels of bone
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We had three million bales
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of old nanny goat's tails
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We had four million barrels of stone
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He had five million hogs, six million dogs
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And seven million barrows of fodder
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And eight million sides of all blind horses
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Hides in the hold of the Irish brother's heart
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We had sailed seven years
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when the measles broke out
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And our ship lost her way in a fog
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Then the whole of the crew
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was reused down to two quads,
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myself and the captain's own dog
Then the ship struck a rock,
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great God, what a shock!
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The boat, she turned right over,
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she was four times her bound
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And the port of course drowned,
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I'm the last of the Irish brothers you