The Ferryman
Pete St. John

[intro]
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     G                             C              G
The little boats are gone from the breast of Anna Liffy
    C                           D
The ferryman is stranded on the quay
         G                            C              G
Sure the Dublin docks are dying and a way of life is gone
    D            D7              G
And Molly it was part of you and me


[chorus]
          D                     C           G
Where the Strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffy
    C                           D
You kiss away the worry from my brow
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I love you well today and I'll love you more tomorrow
       D            D7            G
If you ever love me Molly love me now


          G                      C              G
T'was the only job I knew it was hard but never lonely
    C                         D
The Liffy ferry made a man of me
         G                             C           G
Now it's gone without a whisper and forgotten even now
          D            D7             G
Sure it's over, Molly, over can't you see


[repeat chorus]
[intro + instrumental]

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Now I'll tend the yard and I'll spend me days in talking
  C                                  D
I hear them whisper Charlie's on the dole
    G                            C                   G
But Molly we're still living and darling we're still young
         D           D7                 G
And that river never owned me heart and soul 


[repeat chorus x 2 + intro]