The Connaught Orphan Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C][F][Am][C][F]
[C]You[Am] Conn[C]aught Dauphin,[Am]
[F]bearer of foot,
[Am]Who walked ten miles at seven years,
You took your little sis[F]ter's [G]hand
[C]An d walked her [Am]to the poor
[G]house [C]door[F][C][Am][C]
And when they had [F]but room for [Am]one
[C]You left [Am]your little sister [F#dim]in[Am]
[C]And [F]faint with hunger [Am]all day [G]long,
[C]You walk the ten [Am]miles [F#dim]back again.
[Am]Now, Connaught boy,
take [Em]off those clothes,
[Am]We'll scrub your skin,
[Dm]not six months clean.
[C]Put on this nice [G]black suit of clothes
[Dm]Around your neck [F]this [G]handkerchief
[Am]This darling silken [Em]handkerchief
[G]Around [Am]your lily white boy's[Dm] neck
[C]We'll gather up your [G]worn old rags,
[Dm]They make you [F]look a pale
old [C]wreck[F].[C]
Ah, now you look so proud [Am]an d[F] rare
[G]You've [F]com[Am]e a fine
young looking [G]boy
[F#dim]What do y[C]ou say we'll
[F]burn these [G]rags,
[C]Now [Am]you'll not need them
any[G]more?[Am]
But Connacht boy, why do [Em]you weep,
[Am]With such a burst [Dm]of misery?
[C]Why do you cling so to [G]these rags?
[Dm]Whatever can the m[F]atter be?
[Am]I'll surely die of hunger [Em]now,
[G]If [Am]they see me with your
[Dm]nice new clothes.
[C]They'll think I'm telling [G]lies,
and that [Dm]I have a [F]man,
he feeds me [Dm]so.[F][Dm][F]
[Dm][F][Dm][F]
[C]I promise there's no n[F]eed for tears
[C]And when the win[Am]ter's been and come
[C]Your rags will be [G]just souvenirs,
[Dm]So y[F]ou can keep your[G] new
[Em]clothes [G]on.[C][F][C]
you