Skibbereen chords by The Dubliners
Verse 1
Em
Oh father dear, and I often hear
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Em
you speak of Erin's isle
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G
Her lofty scenes, her valleys green,
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her mountains rude and wild
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G
They say it is a lovely land wherein a
Em
prince might dwell
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G
Then, why did you abandon it?
Em
Oh, the reason to me, tell
Verse 2
C
My son, I loved my native land
Em
with energy an d pride
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G
'Til a blight came over all my crops
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and my sheep and cattle died
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G
The rents and taxes were to pay and I could
Em
not them re deem
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G
And that's the cruel reason I
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left old Skibbereen
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Verse 3
C
'Tis well do I remember the
Em
bleak November day
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When the bailiff and the land
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Em
lord came to drive us all away
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G
They set the roof on fire with
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their cursed English spleen
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And that's another reason
Em
I left old Skibbereen
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Oh, your mother too, God rest her soul, lay on the snowy
Verse 4
Em
ground
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G
She fainted in her anguishing,
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seeing the desolation 'round
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G
She never rose but passed away from
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life to immortal dreams
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And that's another reason I
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left old Skibbereen
Verse 5
C
Oh, you were only two years old
Em
and feeble was your frame
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G
I could not leave you with my friends
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for you bore your father's name
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I wrapped you in my cóta mór at the dead
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of the night unseen
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And I heaved a sigh and I said goodbye
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to dear old Skibbereen
Verse 6
Em
Oh well, father dear,
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Em
and the day will come when in vengeance we will call
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All Irish men, both stout and tall,
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will rally unto the call
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I'll be the man to lead the band
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beneath the flag of green
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And loud and high, we'll raise the cry,
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Em
"Revenge for Skibbereen!"
Skibbereen
The Dubliners
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