Master McGrath chords by The Dubliners
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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) (E minor)
Verse 1
Eighteen (E minor) sixty nine
being the date (D major) anf the year, (E minor)
Those Waterloo sportsmen
and (D major) more did appear,
(E minor) For to gain the great prizes
and bear them awa',
Never counting on (D major) Ireland and
Master (E minor) McGrath.
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Verse 2
On the twelfth (E minor) of November,
that (D major) day of renown, (E minor)
McGrath and his keeper
they (D major) left Lurgan town, (E minor)
A gale in the Channel,
it soon drove them o'er,
On the thirteenth they (D major) landed
on England's fair shore. (E minor)
Verse 3
Oh well (E minor) when they arrived there
in big London (D major) Town, (E minor)
Those great English sportsmen
all (D major) gathered around, (E minor)
And one of those gentlemen
standing nearby
said, 'Is that the great (D major) dog you call
Master (E minor) McGrath?'
Verse 4
Oh well (E minor) one of the gentlemen
stand (D major) ing around, (E minor)
Says, 'I don't care a damn for your
(D major) Ir ish (E minor) greyhound!'
And another he sneered
with a scornful 'Ha! Ha!
We'll soon humble the pride (D major) of
your Master McGrath.'
Then (E minor)
Verse 5
Lord Lurgan came forward and said,
'Gentle (D major) men,
(E minor) If there's any amongst
you has (D major) money to spend. (E minor)
For your grand English nobles I don't care a straw,
Here's five thousand to one (D major)
upon Master (E minor) McGrath.'
Verse 6
Oh, (E minor) McGrath he looked up and he
(D major) wagged his old tail. (E minor)
Informing his lordship,
'Sure I know what you mean,
Don't fear, noble Brownlow,
don't fear them agra,
We'll soon tarnish their (D major) laurels', says
Master (E minor) McGrath.
Verse 7
Oh well (E minor) Rose stood uncovered,
the (D major) great English (E minor) pride,
Her master and keeper were
close by her side;
They let them away and the crowd cried,
'Hurrah!'
For the pride of all (D major) England
and Master (E minor) McGrath.
Verse 8
Oh well (E minor) Rose and the Master
they both ran along.
'I wonder', says Rose,
'what took you (D major) from your home. (E minor)
You should have stayed there
in your Irish domain,
And not come to gain (D major) laurels
on Albion's (E minor) plain.'
Verse 9
'Well, I know', says the Master,
'we have wild (D major) heather
bog (E minor) s
but, bedad, in old Ireland there's
good men and dogs.
Lead on, bold Britannia,
give none of your jaw,
Stuff that up your (D major) nostrils', says
Master (E minor) McGrath.
Verse 10
Well the hare (E minor) she led on just
as swift (D major) as the wind (E minor)
He was sometimes before her
and sometimes behind,
He jumped on her back and
held up his ould paw -
'Long live the (D major) Republic', says
Master McGrath. (E minor)
Master McGrath
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