Irish Rover Cifras

Irish Rover – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
 
 
[Verse 1]
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In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six
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We set sail from the Cobh quay 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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We'd an elegant craft, it was rigged fore and aft
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And how the trade winds drove her
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She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts
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And they called her the Irish Ro-ver
 
 
[Verse 2]
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There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
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There was Hogan from County Tyrone
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And there was Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of work
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And the chap from Westmeath named Malone
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There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
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And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
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And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann
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Was the Skipper on the Irish Ro-ver
 
 
[Verse 3]
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We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
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We had two million barrels of bone
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We had three million bales of old Nanny Goats tails
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We had four millions barrels of stone
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We had five million hogs and six million dogs
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And seven million barrels of Porter
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We had eight million sides of old blind horses hides
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In the hold of the Irish Rover
 
 
[Verse 4]
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We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out,
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And the ship lost her way in the fog.
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Then the whole of the crew was reduced down to two,
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Twas meself and the captain’s old dog.
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When the ship struck a rock, her large body shook,
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And nearly tumbled over,
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It turned nine times around, and the poor dog was drowned,
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I'm the last of the Irish Ro-ver.
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