The Sea Around Us chords by The Dubliners
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They say that the lakes
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of Killarney are fair
No stream like the Liffey
could ever compare
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If it's water you want you'll
get nothing more rare
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Than the stuff they make
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down by the ocean
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Verse 2
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The sea, oh the sea,
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oh a gradh geal mo chroide
Long may it stay between
England and me
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It's a sure guarantee that some
hour we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded by water
Verse 3
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Tom Moore made his waters
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by fame and renown
A great lover of anything dressed in a crown
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In brandy the bandy old Saxon
he'd drown
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But throw ne'er a one
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in the ocean
Verse 4
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The sea, oh the sea,
oh a gradh geal mo chroide
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Long may it stay between
England and me
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It's a sure guarantee that some
hour we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded
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by wa ter
Verse 5
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The Scots have their whiskey,
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the Welsh have their speech
Their poets are paid about
ten pence a week
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Provided no hard word on
England they speak
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Oh Lord what a price for devotion
Verse 6
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The sea, oh the sea,
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oh a gradh geal mo chroide
Long may it stay between
England and me
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It's a sure guarantee that some
hour we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded
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by water
Verse 7
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The Danes came to Ireland
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with nothing to do
But dream of the plundered
old Irish they slew
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'Well you will in your
Vikings' said Brain Boru
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Then he threw them back
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into the ocean
Verse 8
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The sea, oh the sea,
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oh a gradh geal mo chroide
Long may it stay between
England and me
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It's a sure guarantee that some
hour we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded by wa ter
Verse 9
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Two foreign old monarchs
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in battle did join
Each wanting his head
on the back of a coin
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If the Irish had sense they'd
drown both in the Boyne
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And Partition throw into
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the ocean
Verse 10
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The sea, oh the sea,
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oh a gradh geal mo chroide
Long may it stay between England and me
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It's a sure guarantee that some
hour we'll be free
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Thank God we're sur
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rounded by water
The Sea Around Us
The Dubliners
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