When Christy Whelan Sings chords by Andrew White
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Verse 1
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I got
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a call from a friend of mine
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She said, I heard you've been
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having a difficult time
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Why don't you come
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and we'll drink some wine
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In the Emerald Isle
I've got some gigs down
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in County Cork
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We'll play mu sic, sing songs,
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we'll get drunk and we'll talk
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By Ballycotton's rugged
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shoreline we'll walk
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In the Emerald Isle
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A while away the days
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Singing songs in the fire's gaze
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What a wonderful thing
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Should we hear Christie Whelan sing
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Sing, sing
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I jumped on a plane in an hour or two
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I was supper on a pint in Ballymaloe
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Fiddler in the corner he struck up a tune
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As his fingers danced
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in the light of the moon
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He turned to me, he said, welcome back
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For a while, let's travel in old
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Carolyn's tracks
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What a wonderful thing
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Should we hear Christie Whelan sing
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Sing, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai
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Lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai,
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lai, lai
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Well, Eilish, she's from Galway town
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I said, hey girl,
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you'd better come down
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There's a session in the
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Blackbird tonight
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You'll be flying high
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through the starry night
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Singers and fiddlers and whistlers galore
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When we're finished, oh,
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we'll play some more
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And what a wonderful thing
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We may hear Christy Whelan sing,
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sing, sing
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We hitched a ride to Ballycotten town
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Christy Whelan picked us up set us down
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by his favorite bar by the sea
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smiled at us and said come follow me
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sang in a voice of silver and gold
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casting spells ancient and old
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what a wonderful thing
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when we heard Christy Whelan sing,
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sing, sing
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Lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai,
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lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai, lai
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Meanwhile away the days
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singing songs in the fire's game
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What a wonderful thing we heard
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Christie Whelan sing
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Christy Whelan sing, sing, sing
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Li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li
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-li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li -li
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I was the biggest farmer
on Barry Cotton when the tide was out,
but when the tide was ending
I was the smallest.
But I sorted when the tide was out.
I started when the tide was low
because he didn't
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know nothing about it
until the tide came in.
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I done him.
When Christy Whelan Sings
Andrew White
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