Key: G minor•
Intro 1
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F
Gm
F
Gm
Verse 1
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being the date anf the year,
Those Waterloo sportsmen
and bear them awa',
Verse 2
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that day of renown,
McGrath and his keeper
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they left Lurgan town,
A gale in the Channel,
it soon drove them o'er,
Verse 3
F
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in big London Town,
Those great English sportsmen
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all gathered around,
And one of those gentlemen
standing nearby
Verse 4
F
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standing around,
Says, 'I don't care a damn for your
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Ir ish greyhound!'
And another he sneered
with a scornful 'Ha! Ha!
your Master McGrath.'
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Then
Verse 5
Lord Lurgan came forward and said,
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you has money to spend.
For your grand English nobles I don't care a straw,
Verse 6
F
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wagged his old tail.
Informing his lordship,
'Sure I know what you mean,
Don't fear, noble Brownlow,
don't fear them agra,
Verse 7
F
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the great English pride,
Her master and keeper were
close by her side;
They let them away and the crowd cried,
'Hurrah!'
Verse 8
they both ran along.
'I wonder', says Rose,
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'what took you from your home.
You should have stayed there
in your Irish domain,
Verse 9
'Well, I know', says the Master,
but, bedad, in old Ireland there's
good men and dogs.
Lead on, bold Britannia,
give none of your jaw,
Verse 10
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as swift as the wind
He was sometimes before her
and sometimes behind,
He jumped on her back and
held up his ould paw -
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Master McGrath.
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ChordsGm F
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