Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Oh, my name it is Nell,
and the truth part to tell.
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which I'll never deny.
and I die for his sake,
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that my grandmother left me,
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The dear little fellow,
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his legs they were yellow,
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He could fly like a swallow,
grace his white cabbage,
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me beautiful drake.
Now his neck it was green,
almost fit to be seen
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He was fit for a queen of the highest degree
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His body was white,
and it would you delight
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He was plump, fat and heavy,
and brisk as a bee
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He was wholesome an d sound,
he would weigh twenty pound
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And the universe round,
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But look to the robber,
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That murder'd Nell Flaherty's
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beautiful drake.
May his spade never dig,
may his sow never pig,
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be well thriced with the flail,
may his roof have no thatch,
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May his turkeys not hatch,
may the rat set his mail.
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Cork to Dun Laoghaire
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Dip him snug and airy in river or lake
they may dine on the snout
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Nell Flaherty's drake
May his pig never grunt,
may his cat never hunt
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May a ghost ever haunt him
may his horse never neigh
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May his goat fly away like
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That the flies and the fleas
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may the wretch ever tease,
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make him shiver and shake,
raise the bumps fast and thick,
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Nell Flaherty's drake.
Well, the only good news
that I have to infuse
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Is that old Paddy Hughes and
young Anthony Blake,
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Also Johnny Dwyer and Corny McGuire,
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of my darlin' Drake.
And one I must get
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or me heart it will break.
or else I'll run crazy,
So ends the whole song
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of Nell Flatterty's Drake.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Am
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