Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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From
Derricay we sailed away on
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the 23rd of
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May
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We were boarded by a pleasant
crew bound for
America
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Fresh water there we did take
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In case we'd run short goin' to
New
York
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Far away from the shamrock shore
So fare thee well, sweet
Liza dear
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And twice farewell to my
comrade's boys
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If fortune ever should favour me
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I'll come back and I'll
wed the wee lassie I left
On
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Paddy's green shamrock shore
we were all seasick,
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Not a man on board was free.
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We were all confined unto our bunks,
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No father kind, nor mother dear,
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Which made me think more
of the lassie I left on
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Paddy's green shamrock shore
So fare thee well, sweet
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Derry town
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And twice farewell to my comrades'
boys who dwell on that sainted ground
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If fortune it ever should favour me
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I'll come back and I'll
wed the wee lassie I left
On
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Paddy's green shamrock shore
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Well, we safely reached the other
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side in three and twenty days.
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We were taken as passengers
by a man and let
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We each of us drank a parting
glass in case we might
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never meet more.
Ireland and
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that is green shamrock shore.
So fare thee well sweet
Lysa dear
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Derry town.
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And twice farewell to my comrades boys
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If fortune it ever should favour me
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I'll come back and I'll wear
the wheel I see I left
On
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Paddy's green shamrock shore
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