C F
Some say the devil is dead, the devil is dead, the devil is dead,
C G C
Some say the devil is dead, and buried in Killarney.
F
One day he’ll rise again, one day he’ll rise again,
C G C
One day he’ll rise again, and join the British Army.
C F
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, and milk the cow,
F
and milk the cow,
C G C
Feed the pigs and milk the cow, and early in the morning.
F
Cock your leg, oh Paddy dear, Paddy dear I’m over here,
C G C
Cock your leg, oh Paddy dear, It’s time to stop your yawning.
Chorus:
C F
Some say the devil is dead, the devil is dead, the devil is dead,
C G C
Some say the devil is dead, and buried in Killarney.
F
One day he’ll rise again, one day he’ll rise again,
C G C
One day he’ll rise again, and join the British Army.
C F
Marie-Ann she is tall and thin, she’s tall and thin,
F
and tall and thin,
C G C
Marie-Ann she is tall and thin, and likes her drops of brandy.
F
Drinks the brandy in the bed, drinks the brandy in the bed,
C G C
Drinks the brandy in the bed, it makes her cute and randy.
Chorus:
C F
Some say the devil is dead, the devil is dead, the devil is dead,
C G C
Some say the devil is dead, and buried in Killarney.
F
One day he’ll rise again, one day he’ll rise again,
C G C
One day he’ll rise again, and join the British Army.
C F
The wife she has the fairy thing, a fairy thing, a fairy thing,
C G C
The wife she has the fairy thing, she showed it to me on Sunday.
F
She bought it in the fairy’s shop, bought it in the fairy’s shop.
C G C
She bought it in the farey’s shop, it’s going back on Monday.
