John O'Reilly chords by
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Verse 1

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My name is John O'Reilly

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And my father worked the fields

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In the hills of old Kilarny

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Where I helped him turn the wheels

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My arms grew hard as iron

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for a boy of 17

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And I used my fists for gambling

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in those wet Kilarny streets

Verse 2

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Well the ship left for America and

I brought my pack aboard

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Said goodbye to my dear Ireland

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said a prayer to my dear Lord

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I fought those sorry guineas in the

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kitchen they called hell

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I fought them for their dollar and those

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guineas paid me well

Verse 3

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[Chorus] Fair thee

well fair Dover

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Fair thee well your seasons turn

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For my pockets will be jingling

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on the day of my return

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The day of my return

Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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I fought in New York City and I

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fought the Jersey shore

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My gut stayed full of whiskey and my

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bed stayed full of whores

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They called my right a cannonball

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and my left they called the same

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I left em' all lyin' half in

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blood and half in shame

Verse 5

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I met a man on '32 and

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he stuck out his hand

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And he offered me a thousand

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if I'd fall before his man

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I said it could be done but only

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for another two

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He smiled at me and nodded as I stuck

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it in my shoe

Interlude 2

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Verse 6

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[Chorus]

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They

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rang the bell two

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times before I let him have my nose

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And I let him work my left until my

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eye was swollen closed

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Then I let loose a right that they

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still talk about today

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For that guinea didn't know that I

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had bet the other way

Verse 7

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They covered every dock and every

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port there on the coast

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Looking for that double crosser

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who had turned into a ghost

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But I was on a train my friend

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that rode the other way

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And i'll sail from California back toDub

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lin

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one fine day

Outro 1

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