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Verse 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
On the fourth of July,
18 hundred (F major) and six
We set sail (C major) from the sweet cove (G major) of cork
We were sail (C major) ing away
with a cargo (F major) of bricks
For the grand (G major) city hall in new york, (C major)
(G major) 'twas (C major) a wonderful craft.
She (G major) was rigged fore and aft
(A minor) And oh, how (F major) the wild wind drove (G major) her
She stood (C major) several blasts
She had twenty sev (F major) en masts
And (C major) they called her the irish (G major) rover
(C major) We
Verse 2
had one million bags
of the best sligo (F major) rags
We had two (C major) million bar (G major) rels of stone.
We had three (C major) million sides
of old blind horses (F major) hides
We had four (C major) mil (G major) lion barrels (C major) of bones.
We had five million hogs,
(G major) And six million dogs,
Sev (A minor) en mil (F major) lion barrels of port (G major) er,
We had eight (C major) million bails
of old nanny- (F major) goats' tails
In (C major) the hold of the irish (G major) rover.
(C major) There
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Verse 3
was aul' mickey coote
Who played hard on (F major) his flute
And the ladies (C major) lined up for (G major) a set
He was toot (C major) in' with skill
For each sparkling (F major) quadrille
Though (C major) the dan (G major) cers were
flut'erd and bet (C major)
With his smart witty talk
He (G major) was cock of the walk
And (A minor) he rolled the (F major) dames under and over (G major)
They all knew (C major) at a glance
When he took up his stance
(F major) That he sailed (C major) in the irish (G major) rover (C major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (F major)
(G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
Verse 4
There (C major) was Barney (G major) McGee
From (C major) the banks of (F major) the Lee
There was Hogan (C major) from County (G major) Tyrone
There was Jonny (C major) (G major) (C major) McGurk
Who was scared stiff (F major) of work
And a man (G major) from Westmeath
called Malone (C major)
There was Slugger O'Toole
Who (G major) was drunk as a rule
And fight (A minor) ing (F major) Bill Tracy
from dover (G major)
And your man, (C major) Mick MacCann
From the banks of (F major) the Bann-
Was the skip (C major) per of the Irish (G major) Rover
(C major) We
Verse 5
had sailed seven years
(G major) When (C major) the measles (F major) broke out
And the ship (C major) lost its way in (G major) the fog
And that whale (C major) of a crew
Was reduced down (F major) to two
Just myself (G major) and the captain's old dog (C major)
Then the ship struck a rock
(G major) Oh lord! what a shock
The bulk (A minor) head (F major) was turned right over (G major)
Turned nine (C major) times around
And the poor old dog was
(F major) drowned
I'm the last (G major) of (C major) the (G major) Ir ish Rover (C major) (G major)
Outro 1
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(G major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
The Irish Rover
Johnny Logan & Friends
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