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Оn the Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six
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We set sail from the sweet Cove of Cork
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We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
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For the Grand City Hall in New York
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‘Twas an elegant craft rigged fore and aft
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And oh, how the wild wind drove her
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She could stand a great blast She had twenty seven masts
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And they called her The Irish Rover
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We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
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We had two million barrels of stone
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We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
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We had four million barrels of bones We had five million hogs
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And six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter
G Em C
We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats’ tails
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In the hold of the Irish Rover
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There was awl Mickey Coote Who played hard on his flute
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When the ladies lined up for a set He was tootin’ with skill
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For each sparkling quadrille Though the dancers were
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fluther’d and bet
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With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk
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And he rolled the dames under and over
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They all knew at a glance
Em C G D G
When he took up his stance That he sailed in The Irish Rover
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There was Barney McGee From the banks of the Lee
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There was Hogan from County Tyrone There was Johnny McGirk
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Who was scared stiff of work & a chap from Westmeath
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called Malone
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There was Slugger О’Toole drunk as a rule
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Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover And your man, Mick MacCann
Em C G D G
From the banks of the Bann Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
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We had sailed seven years When the measles broke out
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And the ship lost its way in the fog And that whale of a crew
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Was reduced down to two Just myself and the Captain’s old dog
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Then the ship struck a rock Оh Lord what a shock
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The boat it flipped right over Turned nine times around
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And the poor old dog was drowned I’m the last
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of The Irish Rover
Оn the Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six
G D
We set sail from the sweet Cove of Cork
G C
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
G D G
For the Grand City Hall in New York
G D
‘Twas an elegant craft rigged fore and aft
G D
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
G Em C
She could stand a great blast She had twenty seven masts
G D G
And they called her The Irish Rover
G C
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
G D
We had two million barrels of stone
G C
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
G D G G
We had four million barrels of bones We had five million hogs
D G D
And six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter
G Em C
We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats’ tails
G D G
In the hold of the Irish Rover
G C
There was awl Mickey Coote Who played hard on his flute
G D G
When the ladies lined up for a set He was tootin’ with skill
C G D
For each sparkling quadrille Though the dancers were
G
fluther’d and bet
G D
With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk
G D
And he rolled the dames under and over
G
They all knew at a glance
Em C G D G
When he took up his stance That he sailed in The Irish Rover
G C
There was Barney McGee From the banks of the Lee
G D G
There was Hogan from County Tyrone There was Johnny McGirk
C G D
Who was scared stiff of work & a chap from Westmeath
G
called Malone
G D
There was Slugger О’Toole drunk as a rule
D G
Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover And your man, Mick MacCann
Em C G D G
From the banks of the Bann Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
G C
We had sailed seven years When the measles broke out
G D G
And the ship lost its way in the fog And that whale of a crew
C G D G
Was reduced down to two Just myself and the Captain’s old dog
G D
Then the ship struck a rock Оh Lord what a shock
G D G
The boat it flipped right over Turned nine times around
Em C G
And the poor old dog was drowned I’m the last
D G
of The Irish Rover
