Artist: The High Kings
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
In the [C]Year of our Lord, eighteen-hundred-and-[F]six
We set [C]sail from the cold quay of [G]Cork
We were [C]sailing away with a cargo of [F]bricks
For the [C]Grand City [G]Hall of New [C]York
[VERSE]
We had an elegant craft, she was [G]rigged fore and aft
And [C]oh, how the wild winds [G]drove her
She had [C]twenty-seven masts, and withstood several [F]blasts
And they [C]called her The Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
There was [C]Barney McGee, from the banks of the [F]Lee
There was [C]Hogan from County Ty[G]rone
There was [C]Charlie McGurk, who was scared stiff of [F]work
And a [C]chap from West[G]meath, called Ma[C]lone
[VERSE]
There was Slugger O'Toole, who was [G]drunk, as a rule
And [C]Fighting Bill Tracy from [G]Dover
And your [C]man, Mick McCann, from the banks of the [F]Bann
Was the [C]skipper of the Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
Well, we had [C]five million bags of the best Sligo [F]rags
We had [C]six million barrels of [G]stones
And we had [C]seven million bales of old nanny goats [F]tails
We had [C]eight million [G]barrels of [C]bones
[VERSE]
We had nine million hogs, [G]ten million dogs
E[C]leven million barrels of [G]porter
And we had [C]twelve million sides of old blind horses' [F]hides
N.C. C
In the hold of the Irish Rover
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Ab]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Ab]
[C] [Bb] [Ab] [G]
[VERSE]
N.C.
We had [C]sailed seven years, when the measles broke [F]out
And the [C]ship lost its way in a [G]fog
And the [C]whole of the crew, was reduced down to [F]two
Just me[C]self and the [G]Captain's old [C]dog
[VERSE]
Well, the ship struck a rock, oh [G]lord, what a shock
The [Am]boat she turned right [G]over
She turned [C]nine times around and the poor dog was [F]drowned
I'm the [C]last of The Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C] Hey! Hey!
[OUTRO]
[F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
In the [C]Year of our Lord, eighteen-hundred-and-[F]six
We set [C]sail from the cold quay of [G]Cork
We were [C]sailing away with a cargo of [F]bricks
For the [C]Grand City [G]Hall of New [C]York
[VERSE]
We had an elegant craft, she was [G]rigged fore and aft
And [C]oh, how the wild winds [G]drove her
She had [C]twenty-seven masts, and withstood several [F]blasts
And they [C]called her The Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
There was [C]Barney McGee, from the banks of the [F]Lee
There was [C]Hogan from County Ty[G]rone
There was [C]Charlie McGurk, who was scared stiff of [F]work
And a [C]chap from West[G]meath, called Ma[C]lone
[VERSE]
There was Slugger O'Toole, who was [G]drunk, as a rule
And [C]Fighting Bill Tracy from [G]Dover
And your [C]man, Mick McCann, from the banks of the [F]Bann
Was the [C]skipper of the Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C]
[VERSE]
N.C.
Well, we had [C]five million bags of the best Sligo [F]rags
We had [C]six million barrels of [G]stones
And we had [C]seven million bales of old nanny goats [F]tails
We had [C]eight million [G]barrels of [C]bones
[VERSE]
We had nine million hogs, [G]ten million dogs
E[C]leven million barrels of [G]porter
And we had [C]twelve million sides of old blind horses' [F]hides
N.C. C
In the hold of the Irish Rover
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Ab]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Ab]
[C] [Bb] [Ab] [G]
[VERSE]
N.C.
We had [C]sailed seven years, when the measles broke [F]out
And the [C]ship lost its way in a [G]fog
And the [C]whole of the crew, was reduced down to [F]two
Just me[C]self and the [G]Captain's old [C]dog
[VERSE]
Well, the ship struck a rock, oh [G]lord, what a shock
The [Am]boat she turned right [G]over
She turned [C]nine times around and the poor dog was [F]drowned
I'm the [C]last of The Irish [G]Ro[C]ver
[CHORUS]
[C] N.C.
Hey! [C] N.C.
Hey! [C] Hey! Hey!
[OUTRO]
[F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
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