Key: C# minor
Verse 1
G#m
F##m
G#m
Oh, Father dear,
A#
F#
I oft times hear you speak
A#
G#m
of Eden's Isle
A#
G#m
our mountains rude and wild
F##m
G#m
B
To say it is a lovely land
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D#
D#m
D#
G#m
wherein a prince might dwell
G#
G#m
A#
Oh, why did you abandon it?
B
E#
F#
G#m
The reason to me tell
F##m
G#m
G#
Abm
Gb#m
Oh, son, I love my native land
Bb
Gm
Abm
with energy and pride
Gm
Bb
Till the blight came over all my crops,
F
Bb
Abm
my sheep and cattle died
Gm
Bb
My rent and taxes were too high,
F
Bb
Abm
I could not help them be jean
G#
G#m
And that's the cruel reason
A#
B
F#
A#
G#m
why I left old Skipperine
G#
G#m
G#
D#
A#
Oh, well do I remember that
E#
Gm
G#m
bleak December day
A#
E#
A#
G#m
Gm
came to drive us all away
E#
G#m
with their curses tingly -spleen
Gm
G#m
An d that's another reason
A#
E#
A#
G#m
why I left old Skibbereen
Gm
G#m
Gm
G#m
E#
Gm
G#m
fell on the snowy ground
Gm
A#
She fainted in her anguish,
E#
F#
G#m
see the desolation ground
Gm
A#
She never long passed away,
Gm
G#m
Gm
dream
Ab
Abm
Bb
And found a quiet grave, my five,
F
Abm
in dear old Skipper Ream
Gm
Abm
Gb#m
Abm
Ab
Bb
And you were only two years old,
E#
F#
G#m
and Feeble was your friend
Gm
A#
I could not leave you with my friends,
E#
Gm
G#m
you bore your father's name
Gm
A#
I wrapped you in my coat of mourn
Gm
G#m
Gm
G#m
Gm
I leaved a
G#m
A#
sigh an d bade goodbye
E#
G#m
to dear old Skipper King
Gm
G#m
A#
Oh, Father dear, the day may come
E#
Gm
G#m
When in answer to the call
Gm
A#
Each Irish man with feelings stern
E#
Gm
G#m
Gm
Will rally one and all
G#m
Gm
I'll be the man to
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F#
G#m
Beneath the flag of green
E#
F#
G#m
Revenge must give all mean
You
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