The Green Fields Of America chords by The Chieftains

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Verse 1
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Farewell to the groves of shillelagh
and the shamrock
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Farewell to the girls of old
Ireland all 'round
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And may their hearts be as merry
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as ever they could wish for
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As far away o'er the ocean I'm bound

Verse 2
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My father is old and
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my mother's right feeble
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To  leave their own country,
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it would grieve their heart sore
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Oh, the tears down their cheeks,
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in great floods  they are rolling
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To think that I must die upon
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some far and foreign shore
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But what matter to me,

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where my bones they may lie buried

If in peace an d contentment

I can spend my life

The green fields of Amerikay,

they daily are calling

It's there I'll find an end to

my misery and strife

Verse 4
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So pack up your sea stores now,
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consider it no longer
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Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay
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With no taxes or tithe there to
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devour up your wages
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Across on the green fields of Amerikay
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Verse 5
lint dams are gone and the loom
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s are ly ing idle
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Gone are the winders of
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baskets and creels
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And away o'er the ocean,
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go journeyman cowboys
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And fiddlers who play out the
old mountain reels

Verse 6
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Ah, but I mind the time when old
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Ireland was flourishing
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An d most of her tradesmen
did work for good pay
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Ah, but since our manufacturers have
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crossed the At lantic
Well, it's now that I
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must follow onto Amerikay

Verse 7
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And now to conclude and to finish my ditty
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If e'er a friendless Irishman
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should happen my way
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With the best in the house,
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I will greet him and welcome him
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At home on the green fields  of Amerikay

Verse 8
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So pack up your sea stores now,
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consider it no longer
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Ten dollars a  week isn't very bad pay
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With no taxes or tithe there to
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devour up your wages
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Across on the green fields  of Amerikay