The Sea Around Us chords by The Irish Rebels

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Verse 1
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They say that the lakes
of Killarney are fair
No stream like the Liffey
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could ever compare
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If it's water you want,
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you'll find nothing so rare
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As the stuff they make down by the ocean
The Sea of the States,
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Grog and the Creek
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a  sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded
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by water
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Tom Moore made these wa
ters meet fame and renown
A great lover of anything
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dressed in  a crown
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In Brandy, the Vandy,
our Saxon he drowned
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And to narrow one into the ocean
The sea, oh the sea,
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is strong and more free
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded
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by water
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The Scots have their whisky,
the Welsh have their speech
Their poets are paid
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about ten pounds a week
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Provided no harsh words
of England they speak
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Oh Lord, what a price for devotion
The sea, oh the sea,
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is clogged and mucked green
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded
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by water
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The Janes came to Ireland
with nothing to do
But dream of the plunder,
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no Irish stayed slow
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Well, you will in your Viking set Brian Baroo
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And he threw them back into the ocean
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The sea, o 'er the sea, is Grog el Mokri
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
Thank God we're surrounded
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by water
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Two foreign El Monarchs in battle did join
Each wanting his head
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on the back of a coin
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If the Irish had sense,
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they'd drown both in the vine
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And petition so into the ocean
The sea, oh, the sea,
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it's craggy and we're free
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded by water
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Sea o 'er the sea is Crogill Macree
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Long may it roll between
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England and me
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It's a sure guarantee
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that somehow we'll be free
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Thank God we're surrounded by water