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 [] 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 [] 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 [] 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 []