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X: 1
T: Muirsheen Durkin
S: FF Version
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
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C>D | "C"EE DC | "G"DG GA | BG F>D | "C"DC C>D |
EE D>C | "G"D G2 (G/A/) | B/B/ G AB | "C"c2 G>G |
cc dc | "G"BG GA | BG FD | "C"DC C>D |
E2 DC | "G"DG G (G/A/) | BG (FD) | "C"C2 ||
W:
W:In the days I went a courting, I was never tired of sporting
W:To the alehouse and the playhouse and many's the house besides,
W:So I told me brother Seamus I'd go off and go right famous
W:And before I'd return again I'd roam the whole world wide.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:So goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, I'm sick and tired of working,
W:No more I'll dig the praties, no longer I'll be poor.
W:For as sure as me name is Carney I'll be off to California,
W:Where instead of digging praties I'll be digging lumps of gold.
W:
W:I've courted girls in Blarney, in Kanturk, and in Killarney
W:In Passage, and in Queenstown--that is, the Cobh of Cork.
W:But goodbye to all this pleasure, for I'm going to take me leisure
W:And the next time that you hear from me will be a letter from New York.
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Goodbye to all the boys at home, I'm sailing far across the foam
W:To try to make me fortune in far America,
W:For there's silver there aplenty for the poor man and the gentry
W:And when I do come back again I never more will stray.