Saint Patrick Was A Gentleman Cifras

[Flute Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent people
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He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple
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His father was a Gallagher, his mother was a Grady
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His aunt was an O'Shaughnessy and his uncle was a Brady
 
[Chorus]
    C                    F
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   C              G
he was a saint so clever
   C                   F
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    C        G    C
and banished them forever.
 
[Instrumental]
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|C   |F   |C G |C   |
 
[Verse 2]
        C             F                    C            G
There's not a mile in Eireann's isle where dirty vermin muster
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But there he put his dear forefoot and murdered them in clusters
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The toads went hop, the frogs went flop, slapaste into the water
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The beasts committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter
 
[Chorus]
    C                    F
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   C              G
he was a saint so clever
   C                   F
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    C        G    C
and banished them forever.
 
[Instrumental]
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|C   |F   |C G |C   | x2
 
[Verse 3]
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The Wicklow hills are very high and so's the hill of Howth, sir
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But there's a hill much higher still, much higher than them both, sir
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From the top of this high hill Saint Patrick preached a sermon
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Drove the frogs into the bogs and banished all the vermin
 
[Chorus]
   C                  F
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   C              G
he was a saint so clever
   C                   F
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    C        G    C
and banished them forever.
 
[Chorus]
|C   |F   |C   |G   |
|C   |F   |C G |C   |
 
[Verse 4]
   C                F                 C             G
No wonder that them Irish lads should be so gay and frisky
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Sure Saint Patrick taught them that as well as making whiskey
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No wonder that the saint himself should understand distilling
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His mother had a shebeen shop in the town of Enniskillen
 
[Chorus]
   C                  F
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   C              G
he was a saint so clever
   C                   F
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    C        G    C
and banished them forever. x2
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