At The Céili Cifras para ukulele

[Verse]
  Em
Tonight we're going to meet some lads
                        E
Us girls are dressed up gaily
 
And we'll be dancing till the dawn
      D            E
We're going to the Céili
 
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The lads they come from miles around
 
From Venice and Kilmaley
   A5
To show us all their fancy steps
                   Em
We're going to the Céili
 
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Em
 
[Verse]
 
They're playing tunes on everything
     Em
From pipes to ukulele
 
It sounds so good you can't sit down
              D      Em
We're dancing at The Céili
 
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Em
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E
All the boys we love so well
 
So handsome, young and charming
               A
They're in New York and Boston now
               E
They should be home here farming
 
My own true love has sailed away
                 C
To be an endless rover
                A                 N.C.
Cause times are tough and he must leave
                    Em
To start a new life over
 
 
[Chorus]
   A
He writes me letters every week
   D                 A
To say how much he's slavin'
 
And he promises that he'll be back
  D                  E
Before the hay needs savin'
         A
But it's hard to love somebody
            D                 A
That you're not in touch with daily
                       E5
So I'm looking for somebody new
                    E
Tonight down at The Céili
 
 
[Verse]
    Em
The winter nights are long and hard
 
And time goes by so slowly
  Em
I wish my true love he was here
 
And in his arms I'd roam
             C               D
He'd whisper tender words of love to me
    G               C
And kiss my lips so sweetly
                   G      A
And quickly I'd surrender to...
          D         E
His manly charms completely
 
 
[Chorus]
   A
He writes me letters every week
   D                 A
To say how much he's slavin'
       Bm            A
And he promises that he'll be back
  D                  E
Before the hay needs savin'
         A
But it's hard to love somebody
 
That you're not in touch with daily
       E               Em
So I'm looking for somebody new
 
Tonight down at The Céili
                       Em
So I'm looking for somebody new
                    E
Tonight down at The Céili
 
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[Verse]
Bm                G
I hope I meet someone tonight
       E                  F#
Who'll make my heart beat fast
  G                 D
A handsome man with laughing eyes
              E
Who smiles as he walks past
A   G         A       D
And when they play an old-time waltz
      G
He'll twirl me round the floor
    C               G
And promise me that I will be
    A           D
His girl forevermore
    A
His girl forevermore
 
His girl forevermore
      D
He'll promise me that I will be
 
His girl forevermore
 
    Em
I'm somewhat ill and bothered
 
That is really quite alarming
  Em
I have two lads pursuing me
 
And each of them is charming
C                       D
One of them is dark and poor
    G                 C
One pale with lots of money
Em                        A
I don't know which one to choose
N.C.       D      Em
The flower or the honey
A
What on earth am I to do?
 
It's driving me half crazy
                     Em
Tonight I'll make my mind up
 
When I see them at The Céili
   Em
To be a poor man's wife will be
  E
A life of washing dishes
 
When a rich man's wife will surely have
      Em
Great luxury and riches
   C
In comfort how I know
D           G              C
It wouldn't be too hard to wallow
    E                      A
And being poor is not much fun
D                  Em
Which one should I follow?
A
What on earth am I to do
     D               A
It's driving me half-crazy
  E
Tonight I'll make my mind up
 
When I see them at The Céili
 
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[Verse]
Em
I've been lucky I've found a lad who's handsome and a neighbour
    A                              Em
And me I've met a decent man whose friendship I will savour
    C               G                                   C
And me I've made my choice as well and in no way was it easy
        Em                  A
But I'd rather have a man I love
                     E
Then be a rich man's lady
 
    Em
And that is how the story ends
 
Be true and never fail me
                       E     A
We got ourselves three men tonight
                       E
And we met them at the Céili
 
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