Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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all both young and old,
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my age is twenty -three.
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My parents turned me from
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their door on to America.
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All from that fertile tire land
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Where my first beret I drew
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They forced me to America
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My fortune to pursue
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While the reason why they transported me
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I intend to let you hear
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Because I would not break my vow
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To the girl I love so dear
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With a heavy heart I sailed away
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and left her on that pier
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That girl I love so tenderly,
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my charming Sally Greer
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On board of the Rose of Aberdeen,
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from Belfast we bore down
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With eighteen emigrants on board,
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And we were a long time on the ocean,
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But no danger did I fear,
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For my heart was with the girl I left,
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That charming Sally Greer.
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When the seas are all in motion,
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They keep rolling to and fro,
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Our vessels struck against the rock,
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Out of eighteen emigrants on board,
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only fourteen reached the shore.
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bottom went,
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they never were seen any more.
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Twas on the island of St. Paul,
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for twelve days we did lie.
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Our bedding was the cold, cold ground,
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our covering was the sky
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And the clothes and money that we had,
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we lost on Borderech
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Well, we were a sight for two,
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behold,
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when we landed in Quebec
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And now I'm safe in Quebec town
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I've friends and money there
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But still I long for the girl I left
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That charming girl so fair
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I'm in hopes to be back in Owl Island
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Before the end of the year
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And then I'll roll all in the arms
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of my charming Sally Greer.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F#m F#...
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