The Irish Rover chords by The Clancy Brothers
Verse 1
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In the year of our Lord,
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eighteen hundred and six,
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We set sail from the Coal
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Quay of Cork
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We were sailing away with a
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cargo of bricks
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For the grand City Hall in New York
We'd an elegant craft,
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it was rigged 'fore and aft
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And how the trade winds drove her
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She had twenty- three masts and she
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stood several blasts
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And they called her the Ir
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ish Rover
Verse 2
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There was Barney Magee from the
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banks of the Lee
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There was Hogan from County Tyrone
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There was Johnny McGurk who was
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scared stiff of work
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And a chap from Westmeath
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named Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole
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who was drunk as a rule
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And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
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And your man Mick McCann, from the
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banks of the Bann
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Was the skipper on the
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Irish Rover
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Verse 3
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We had one million bags
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of the best Sligo rags
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We had two million barrells of bone
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We had three million bales of old
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nanny goats' tails
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We had four million barrells of stone
We had five million hogs
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and six million dogs
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And seven million barrells of porter
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We had eight million sides of old
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blind horses' hides
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In the hold of the Irish Rover
Verse 4
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We had sailed seven years when the
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measles broke out
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And our ship lost her way in a fo g
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And the whole of the crew was re
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duced down to two
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'Twas myself and the
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captain's old dog
Then the ship struck a rock,
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oh, Lord what a shock
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And nearly tumbled over
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Turned nine times around then
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the poor old dog was drowned
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I'm the last of the Irish Rover
The Irish Rover
The Clancy Brothers
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