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Verse 1
(D major) Kilkelly,
(A major) (D major) Ireland, 1860, my dear and loving son John.
Your good friend schoolmaster Pat (G major) MacNamara
is so good (D major) as to write these (B minor) words down.
Verse 2
Your (D major) brothers have all (A major) got a fine work in England,
the (D major) house is so empty and sad.
The crop of potatoes is sorely infected,
a third to a half of them bad.
And your (B minor) sis (D major) ter Bridget and Patrick (A major) O'
Donnell are going to (D major) be married in June.
Mother (G major) says not to (D major) work on the (G major) railroad and
be sure to (A major) come on home soon.
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Verse 3
(D major) Kilkelly, Ireland,
1870, my dear and loving son John.
Hello to your Misses and (G major) to your four children,
may they grow (D major) healthy (A major) and strong.
Michael (D major) has got in a wee bit of trouble
I suppose that he never will learn.
Because of the dampness (G major) there's no (D major) turf to (B minor)
speak of (D major) and now we (A major) have nothing (D major) to burn.
And Bridget is (G major) happy, we (D major) named a child (B minor) for her
(D major) although she's got six (A major) of (D major) her own.
Verse 4
You say you found work (G major) but you don't say what kind
or when you will be coming (D major) home.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1880, dear Michael and John, my sons.
Verse 5
I'm (G major)
sorry to give you the very sad news
(A major) that your dear old mother has gone.
We (D major) buried her down at (G major) the church in (D major) Kilkelly, your
brothers and Bridged (G major) were there.
You don't (D major) have to worry she (A major) died very quickly,
remem (D major) ber her in your prayers.
Verse 6
And it's so (D major) good to hear that (G major) (D major) Michael's return (B minor) ing,
with money he's sure to (D major) buy land
(A major) for the crop
Verse 7
(D major) has been poor and the (G major) people are (D major) selling
at any price (B minor) that (D major) they can (A major) (D major) . (G major)
Verse 8
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1890, my dear and lov (D major)
ing son John.
I suppose that I must be (G major) close on eighty, it's
thirty years since you're (A major) gone.
Because of (D major) all of the money (G major) you send
me I'm (D major) still living out on my own
Michael (G major) has built him (D major) self a (A major) fine house and Brid
(D major) get's daughters have grown.
Thank you for sending your family- picture,
(G major) they're (D major) lovely (B minor) young women and men
Verse 9
You say (D major) that you might even come (A major) for a visit,
(D major) what joy to see you again.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1892, my dear brother John.
Verse 10
I'm sorry (D major)
I didn't write sooner
to tell (G major) you, but father passed (D major) on.
He (G major) was living with Bridged, she says (D major) he was cheerful
and healthy right down (A major) to the end.
You should have seen him (D major) playing with the (G major) grandchildren of (D major) Pat MacNamara,
your friend.
And we buried him along (G major) side of mother,
down at the (A major) Kilkelly churchyard
he was a strong and a feisty old (D major) man (G major) con
sidering his life was so (D major) hard.
And it's funny the (B minor) way he kept talking about you,
Verse 11
(B minor)
he called for you (D major) at the end
oh (A major) why don't you think (D major) about coming to visit,
we'd all love to see you again
Kelly The Boy From Killan
The Dubliners
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