Welcome Poor Paddy Home
Charles J. Kickham

Capo on 2

G      D         C     G
I am a true born Irishman
     G        D        G
I'll never deny what I am
      G       D           C   G
I was born in sweet Tipperary town
G              D       G
Three thousand miles away


[C]
G         D        G
Hurray me boys hurray
   G         D           C  G
No more do I wish for to roam
        G           D            C       G
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time
G               D     G
To welcome poor Paddy home
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    G              D       G
The girls they are gay and pretty
        G        D      C   G
They'll take you by the hand
       G        D              C         G
Saying Jimmy mo chroi will you come with me
    G           D        G
And welcome the stranger home


[C]
G         D        G
Hurray me boys hurray
   G         D           C  G
No more do I wish for to roam
        G           D            C       G
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time
G               D     G
To welcome poor Paddy home
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G           D       G
In came the foreign nation
         G             D        C   G
And they scattered all over the land
    G          D        C               G
The horse, the cow, the goat, sheep and sow
     G        D          G
Came into the stranger's hands


[C]
G         D        G
Hurray me boys hurray
   G         D           C  G
No more do I wish for to roam
        G           D            C       G
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time
G               D     G
To welcome poor Paddy home
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    G            D            G
The Scotsman can boast of the thistle
    G           D            C   G
And England can boast of the rose
    G         D            C       G
But Paddy can boast of the Emerald Isle
          G           D        G
Where the dear little shamrock grows.


[C]
G         D        G
Hurray me boys hurray
   G         D           C  G
No more do I wish for to roam
        G           D            C       G
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time
G               D     G
To welcome poor Paddy home
G         D        G
Hurray me boys hurray
   G         D           C  G
No more do I wish for to roam
        G           D            C       G
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time
G               D     G
To welcome poor Paddy home
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