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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

-first letter-A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

	A	D
On the	Fourth of July, 18	06

	A	D
We	set sail from the sweet cove of	Cork

	A	D
We were	sailing away with a cargo of	bricks

	A	E	A
For the	Grand City	Hall in New	York

'Twas a wonderful craft

	E
She was ri	gged fore and aft

	A	E
And oh,	how the wild wind	drove her

	A
She stood severa	l blasts

	D
She had twenty seven	masts

	A	E	D	A
And they	called her The	Irish	Ro	ver

We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags

We had two million barrels of stone

We had three million sides of old blind horses hides

We had four million barrels of bones

We had five million hogs

And six million dogs

Seven million barrels of porter

We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats' tails

In the hold of the Irish Rover

There was awl Mickey Coote

Who played hard on his flute

When the ladies lined up for a set

He was tootin' with skill

For each sparkling quadrille

Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet

With his smart witty talk

He was cock of the walk

And he rolled the dames under and over

They all knew at a glance

When he took up his stance

That he sailed in The Irish Rover

There was Barney McGee

From the banks of the Lee

There was Hogan from County Tyrone

There was Johnny McGurk

Who was scared stiff of work

And a man from Westmeath called Malone

There was Slugger O'Toole

Who was drunk as a rule

And Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover

And your man, Mick MacCann

From the banks of the Bann

Was the skipper of the Irish Rover

We had sailed seven years

When the measles broke out

And the ship lost its way in the fog

And that whale of a crew

Was reduced down to two

Just myself and the Captain's old dog

Then the ship struck a rock

Oh Lord! what a shock

The bulkhead was turned right over

Turned nine times around

And the poor old dog was drowned

And the las of The Irish Rover

***Version 2*** by Harley McPhee (sanch0_panza@hotmail.com)

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-2-4-2-0---0-----------------|
D|-0--------0------------2---2-0-2-0---------|
A|---2--2--3-------------------------2-3-2-0-|
E|-----3-------------------------------------|

On the fourth.......................of cork

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|------------0-2-4-2-0---0----------------|
D|-0--------0-----------2--2-0-4-5-7-5-4-5-|
A|---2--2-3--------------------------------|
E|-----3-----------------------------------|

we were sailing................new york

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-0-2-4--4-0-2-2-----------0-0-2-4-0-2------|
D|-0-0------------------4-0---0-0-------------4--0-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Twas a..............aft. And how..........her

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-2-4-2-0---0--------------------|
D|-0--------0-----------2--2-0-4-5-7-5-4-5-4-5-|
A|---2--2-3------------------------------------|
E|-----3---------------------------------------|

She stood several.................Irish Rover

	G	C	G
On	the Fourth of July, eighteen	hundred and	six

	D
We set sail from the sweet cove of	Cork

	G	C	G
We were	sailing away with a	cargo of	bricks

	D	G
For the Grand City	Hall in New	York

'Twas a wonderful craft

	D
She was	rigged fore and aft

	G	D
And	oh, how the wild	wind drove her

	G
She stood	several blasts

	C	G
She had	twenty seven	masts

	D	G
And they called her The Irish	Rove	r

(G'day...not too sure about that C chord, have a good one)

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