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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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1806,
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we set sail from the fair cove of Cork.
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for the Grand City Hall in New York.
The wonderful craft
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And oh how the wild winds drove her
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And we called her the Irish Rover
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Hey! had one million bags
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We had two million barrels of bones
of blind horses hides
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We had four billion barrels of stones
We had five million dogs
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seven million barrels of porter
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In the hold, a lean, a year -ish rover
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There was Bernie McGee
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There was Hogan from County Tyrone
Who was scared stiff of work
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And a man from West
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meath called Malone
There was Slugger O'Toole
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And fighting Bill Casey from Dover
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Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
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We had sailed seven years
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And the ship lost her way in the fog
was ridges down to two
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Just meself and the skipper's old dog
And the ship struck a rock,
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And overboard she rolled right over
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I'm the last of the Irish Rover!
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I am the last of the Irish Rover!
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I'm the last of the Irish Rover!
I mean, I almost got it.
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