The Irish Rover Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]In the [C]year of our lord,
eighteen hundred and [F]six,
We set [C]sail from the
[G]sweet cove of Cornwall.
We were [C]sailing away
with a cargo of [F]bricks
For the [C]grand city [G]hauling yar[C]d.
It was a wonderful craft,
she was [G]rigged for and aft,
And [C]oh how the wild [G]winds
drove her!
She stood [C]several blasts,
she had twenty [G]-seven [F]masts,
And they [C]called [G]her the Irish [C]Rover.
We had one million bags
of the best Sligo [F]rags
We had [C]two million [G]barrels of gold
We had [C]two million sides
of O 'Brien's horses [F]hides
We had [C]four [G]million barrels of [C]stone
Five million [G]hogs, six million dogs
Sev[C]en million barrels [G]of porter
We had [C]wooden bales of elm
and nougat [F]fails
From the [C]hole [G]on the Irish [C]road wall
There was old Nicky Goose
who played hard on his [F]flute
An[C]d the ladies lined [G]up for his set
He was [C]tootling with skill
for his sparkling quadrille
[F]So the [C]banjers [G]were flutered and [C]bet
In a smart witty talk
he was [G]cock on the walk
As he [C]rolled the danes under [G]and over
They all [C]knew at a glance
when he took up a [F]stance
That he [C]sailed [G]in the Irish [C]Rover
There was John in a cork
who was scared stiff of [F]wood
[C]There was Hogan from
Kentucky [G]to Rome
There was [C]Barney McGee
from the banks of [F]the Lee
And the [C]man [G]from the
speed come [C]alone
Slugger O'Toole [G]shrunk as a rule
Fight[C]ing Bill Tracy from [G]Dover
And John [C]Lennon with McCann
on the banks of the [F]bann
Was the [C]skipper [G]of the Irish [C]Rover
We had sailed seven years
when the measles broke [F]out
And the [C]ship lost its way [G]in the fog
And the [C]whole of the crew
was reduced down to [F]two
Just them[C]self [G]an d the
captain's cell [C]dog
Then a ship took a rock,
the [G]long one a shuck
The bulk[C]head she turned right [G]over
Turned [C]nine times around
And the poor old dog was [F]drowned
I'm the [C]last of the Irish [G]Rover
[C]You[G][C]