Juice of the barley (mech) chords by The clancy brothers & tommy makem
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Verse 1
(G major) Song is actually a sort of a rakes progress
in music.
I don't suppose anyone
has drunken up yet
but please God if you can get it.
It says bonya on bow is on gowna
and the juice of the barley for me
which means the milk of the cow
is all right for the cow
but the juice of the barley for me.
In the sweet county Limerick,
(C major) one cold (G major) winter's night,
all the torfires were burning
when I (C major) first saw the (D major) light.
(G major) An d a drunken old midwife
went (C major) tipsy with (G major) joy,
as she danced round the floor
with her (D major) slip of a bite.
Singin' (G major) bunions, boys, and (C major) gona,
(G major) And the juice of the (D major) barley for (G major) me.
Well, when I was a gossoon (C major) of eight years (G major) or so,
With me turf and me primer to
school (D major) I did go,
(G major) To a dirty old schoolhouse
without any door,
Where lay the schoolmaster
blind drunk on the (D major) floor.
Say in (G major) Banyan, Moise, and (C major) Gaona,
(G major) and if you sow the (D major) barley for (G major) me.
At the learning I wasn't such a genius,
I'm thinking.
I wasn't much at poetry, either.
But I soon bet the master entirely
(D major) at drinking.
(G major) Not a wig or a wedding
for (C major) five miles (G major) around.
But meself in the corner
was sure to be (D major) found.
Singin' (G major) bun, yarn, bow, wissun, (C major) gowna,
(G major) and the juice of
the barley for me.
One Sunday the priest read me out from the author,
sayin' you'll end
up your days
with your neck in (D major) a hother,
(G major) an d you'll dance a fine jig
between (C major) heaven and (G major) hell.
And his words,
they did frighten me,
the truth for (D major) to tell.
(G major) Singin' bun, yarn, bow,
wis (C major) sun, gown (G major) a,
and the juice of (D major) the barley (G major) for me.
So the very next morning,
as the dawn hit its break,
I went down to the vestry,
the (C major) pledge for today. (D major)
(G major) And there in that room
sat the (C major) priests (G major) in a bunch,
round a big roaring fire
drinking tumblers of (D major) punch.
Send (G major) money on home with (C major) Sonona
(G major) And the dukes of the valley for
me
Now this is a sad verse
Well, from that day to this
I have (C major) wandered alone (G major)
I'm a jack of all trades
and a master (C major) of none
(D major) With (G major) the sky for me roll
and the (C major) earth for me (G major) floor,
and I'll dance out me days
drinkin' (D major) whisky galore, (G major) singin' Banyan,
Lewis and Yo (C major) nah,
(G major) and the juice of the barley (D major) for (G major) me.
Juice of the barley (mech)
The clancy brothers & tommy makem
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