{t:Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore}
{st:Traditional}


From [A]Derry quay, we sailed away, on the [G]twenty [D]third of [A]May
We were [D]boarded [A]by a [D]pleasant [A]crew [D]bound for Ameri[G]cay
Fresh [D]water [A]there we [D]did take [A]on, [D]five thousand gallons or [G]more
In [A]case we'd run short going to New York, far aw[G]ay from the [D]Shamrock [A]shore


[Chorus]
So [A]fare thee well, sweet Liza dear, [G]likewise to [D]Derry [A]town
And [D]twice fare[A]well to me [D]comrade [A]boys, who [D]dwell on that sainted [G]ground
If [D]fortune it [A]ever should [D]favour [A]me, and [D]I do have money in [G]store,
I'll go [A]back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left on [G]Paddy's green [D]shamrock [A]shore
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We [A]sailed three days and were all sea sick, not a [G]man on [D]board was [A]free
We were [D]all con[A]fined un[D]to our [A]bunks, with [D]no one to pity poor [G]me
No [D]father [A]dear nor [D]mother [A]kind to [D]hold up me head when t'was [G]sore
Which m[A]akes me think more of the lassie I left on [G]Paddy's green [D]shamrock [A]shore


We [A]safely reached the other side, after [G]three and [D]twenty [A]days
We were [D]taken as [A]passengers [D]by a [A]man, and [D]led round in six different [G]ways
So [D]each of us [A]drunk a [D]parting [A]glass, in [D]case we might never meet [G]more
And we [A]drank a health to old Ireland, and [G]Paddy's green [D]shamrock [A]shore


[Chorus]
So [A]fare thee well, sweet Liza dear, [G]likewise to [D]Derry [A]town
And [D]twice fare[A]well to me [D]comrade [A]boys, who [D]dwell on that sainted [G]ground
If [D]fortune it [A]ever should [D]favour [A]me, and [D]I do have money in [G]store,
I'll go bac[A]k and I'll wed the wee lassie I left on [G]Paddy's green [D]shamrock [A]shore
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