Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Traditional


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


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


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


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