The Kerry Dance chords by Gracie Fields

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C
D
G
Am
Em
Gdim
Cm
F
Gm
Fm
Ab
Bb
Eb

Verse 1
C 
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing,
D 
G 
Oh, the ring of the Piper's tune,
C 
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness
G 
C 
Gone alas, like our youth, too soon.
Was there ever a sweeter Colleen
Am 
D 
G 
In the dance the nightly bore,
C 
Or a prouder lad than Paddy
G 
C 
As he boldly took the floor
G 
Lads and lasses, to your places
Em 
G 
Up the middle and down again
Gdim 
Cm 
Are the merry -hearted laughter
G 
D 
G 
Ringing through the happy glen
F 
G 
Oh, to think of it, oh, to dream of it,
Gm 
G 
fills my heart with tears.
C 
Oh, the days of the caddy dancing,
G 
oh, the ring of a piper's tune.
C 
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness,
gone alas,
G 
like our youth too soon.
C 
Cm 
Time goes on and the
Fm 
G 
happy years are dead
C 
Ab 
G 
And one by one the merry hearts are fled
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
Cm 
Bb 
Silent now is the wild and lonely glen
Eb 
Gm 
Where the bright lad laugh
D 
Gm 
will echo on air again
Fm 
G 
Only dreaming of days gone by,
Fm 
G 
in my heart I hear
C 
Loving voices of old companions,
Am 
D 
G 
stealing out of the past once more
C 
F 
C 
And the sound of the dear old mu sic
G 
C 
Soft and sweet as in days of yore
G 
Em 
When the boys began to gather
G 
In the glen of a summer  night
Cm 
And the merry piper's tuning
G 
D 
G 
made us long with wild de light.
F 
G 
Oh, to think of it, oh, to dream of it,
Gm 
G 
fills my heart with tears.
C 
Oh, the days of the carry dancing,
G 
oh, the ring of the piper's tune.
C 
F 
C 
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness,
D 
G 
C 
God bless, like our youth too soon.