Nell Flaherty's Drake chords by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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Verse 1
Oh, (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) my name it is Nell,
and the truth for to tell
I come (F major) from Cote Hill,
which (C major) I'll (A minor) never deny
(G major) I had (C major) a fine drake,
and I die for his sake
That my (F major) grandmother left (C major) me,
and (G major) she gone to die
(C major) The dear little (G major) fel (F major) low,
his legs (C major) they were (F major) yellow
He could fly (C major) like a (A minor) swallow,
or swim like a (G major) hake
Till (C major) some dirty savage took
grace his white cabbage,
Most (F major) wantonly murdered
(C major) my beau (G major) tiful drake. (C major)
Now his neck it was green,
almost fit to be seen,
He was (F major) fit for a queen
(C major) of the (A minor) highest degree.
(G major) His body (C major) was white,
and it would you delight,
He was plump, (F major) fat, and (C major) heavy,
and brisk as a bee.
He was wholesome (F major) an (G major) d (F major) sound,
he would weigh twenty (A minor) pound, (C major)
And the universe (F major) round,
he would roam (G major) for his sake.
But (C major) look to the (G major) robber,
be (C major) he drunk or sober,
That (F major) murder'd Nell Fla (C major) herty's
(G major) beautiful drake. (C major)
May his spade never dig,
may his sow never pick,
May each (F major) hair on his wig
(C major) be well (A minor) thriced with the flail,
(G major) May his door (C major) never latch,
may his roof have no thatch,
May his turkey (F major) s not (C major) hatch,
may the rats eat his mail.
May every old (F major) fairy from
Cork (G major) to Dun (C major) Laoghaire
Dip him snug and (A minor) air (C major) y in (F major) river (C major) or (G major) lake,
That the (C major) eel and the trout
they may dine on the snout
Of the mon (F major) ster that murdered
(A minor) Nell (G major) Flaherty's (C major) drake.
May his pig never grunt,
may his cat never hunt,
May a (F major) ghost ever (C major) haunt him
at dead of the (G major) night,
May his (C major) hens never lay,
may his horse never neigh,
May his (F major) goat fly away like (C major) an (G major) owl -paper kite,
(C major) That the flies and the (F major) fleas,
may the wretch ever tease, (A minor)
(C major) May the piercing March breeze
make (A minor) him shiver and (G major) shake,
May a (C major) lump of his stick
raise the bumps fast and thick,
And the mon (F major) ster that murdered
(C major) Nell Flaher (G major) ty's (C major) drake.
Well, the only good news that I have to infuse
is
That (F major) old Paddy Hughes (C major) and
young Anthony (A minor) Blake, (G major)
Also (C major) Johnny Dwyer and Corny McGuire,
They (F major) each have a (C major) grandson
of my (G major) darling Drake. (C major)
My treasure had (F major) dozens of
nephews and (C major) cousins,
And one I must get
or my heart it will (G major) break.
For to (C major) set me mind easy,
or else I'll run crazy,
So ends the whole song of
Nell (G major) Flaherty's drake. (C major)
Nell Flaherty's Drake
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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