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Kelly The Boy From Killan chords by 
The Dubliners 
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Key: E major•BPM: 109
Verse 1
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Kilkelly,
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Ireland, 1860, my dear and loving son John.
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Your good friend schoolmaster Pat MacNamara
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Bm
is so good as to write these words down.
Verse 2
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A
Your brothers have all got a fine work in England,
D
the house is so empty and sad.
The crop of potatoes is sorely infected,
a third to a half of them bad.
Bm
D
A
And your sister Bridget and Patrick O'
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Donnell are going to be married in June.
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D
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Mother says not to work on the railroad and
A
be sure to come on home soon.
Verse 3
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Kilkelly, Ireland,
1870, my dear and loving son John.
G
Hello to your Misses and to your four children,
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A
may they grow healthy and strong.
D
Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble
I suppose that he never will learn.
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D
Bm
Because of the dampness there's no turf to
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A
D
speak of and now we have nothing to burn.
G
D
Bm
And Bridget is happy, we named a child for her
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A
D
although she's got six of her own.
Verse 4
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You say you found work but you don't say what kind
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or when you will be coming home.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1880, dear Michael and John, my sons.
Verse 5
G
I'm
sorry to give you the very sad news
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that your dear old mother has gone.
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G
D
We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, your
G
brothers and Bridged were there.
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A
You don't have to worry she died very quickly,
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remember her in your prayers.
Verse 6
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G
D
Bm
And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning,
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with money he's sure to buy land
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for the crop
Verse 7
D
G
D
has been poor and the people are selling
Bm
D
A
D
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at any price that they can .
Verse 8
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Kilkelly, Ireland, 1890, my dear and lov
ing son John.
G
I suppose that I must be close on eighty, it's
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thirty years since you're gone.
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G
Because of all of the money you send
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me I'm still living out on my own
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D
A
Michael has built himself a fine house and Brid
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get's daughters have grown.
Thank you for sending your family- picture,
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D
Bm
they're lovely young women and men
Verse 9
D
A
You say that you might even come for a visit,
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what joy to see you again.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 1892, my dear brother John.
Verse 10
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I'm sorry
I didn't write sooner
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D
to tell you, but father passed on.
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D
He was living with Bridged, she says he was cheerful
A
and healthy right down to the end.
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G
D
You should have seen him playing with the grandchildren of Pat MacNamara,
your friend.
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And we buried him alongside of mother,
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down at the Kilkelly churchyard
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G
he was a strong and a feisty old man con
D
sidering his life was so hard.
Bm
And it's funny the way he kept talking about you,
Verse 11
Bm
D
he called for you at the end
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D
oh why don't you think about coming to visit,
we'd all love to see you again
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