Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
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you speak of Erin's isle
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Her lofty scenes, her valleys green,
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They say it is a lovely land wherein a
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Then, why did you abandon it?
Verse 2
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'Til a blight came over all my crops
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The rents and taxes were to pay and I could
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And that's the cruel reason I
Verse 3
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lord came to drive us all away
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They set the roof on fire with
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And that's another reason
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Oh, your mother too, God rest her soul, lay on the snowy
Verse 4
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ground
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She fainted in her anguishing,
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She never rose but passed away from
Verse 5
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I could not leave you with my friends
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I wrapped you in my cóta mór at the dead
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And I heaved a sigh and I said goodbye
Verse 6
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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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I'll be the man to lead the band
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And loud and high, we'll raise the cry,
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E
F#m
"Revenge for Skibbereen!"
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TunerE A D G B E
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