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