Irish Rover A D In the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and six A E7 We set sail for the coal quay of Cork A D We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks A E7 A For the grand city hall in New York A E7 We’d an elegant craft it was rigged fore and aft A E7 And how the trade winds dro---ove her A D She had twenty –three masts and she stood several blasts A E7 A And they called her the Irish Ro - ver ......... A D There was Barney Magee from the banks of the Lee A E7 There was Hogan from County Tyrone A D There was Johnny Magurk who was scared stiff of work A E7 A And a chap from Westmeath named Malone A E7 There was Slugger O’Toole who was drunk as a rule A E7 And fighting Bill Tracy from Do---ver A D And your man Mick Mc Cann from the banks of the Bann A E7 A Was the skipper of the Irish Ro—ver ........................................................................ A D We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags A E7 We had two million barrels of bone A D We had three million bales of nanny goats tales A E7 A We had four million barrels of stone A E7 We had five million hogs and six million dogs A E7 And seven million barrels of po - -rter A D We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides A E7 A In the hold of the Irish Ro - ver ......................................................................... A D We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out A E7 And our ship lost her way in a fog A D And the whole of the crew was reduced down to two A E7 A T’was myself and the captains old dog A E7 The ship struck a rock Oh Lord what a shock A E7 And nearly tumbled o - ver A D Turned nine times around then the poor old dog was drowned A E7 A I’m the last of the Irish Ro - ver
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