The Leaving Of Limerick

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[Verse]

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As   I roved out one evening
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Down by the Assembly Mall
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I heard two lovers speaking
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As me and my love passed on

[Chorus]

    D                 C G     C
But words that passed between them
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They were but very few
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"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
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But my darling, leaving you"

[Verse]

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"In the morning when I am going
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I will take you by the lily-white hand
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And I'll wave it o'er my shoulder
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Saying, adieu to the Limerick Strand"

[Chorus]

         D                C  G       C
"So, farewell to the boys of Thomond Gate
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It's to them I bid adieu
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"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
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But my darling, leaving you"

[Verse]

         C       G          C
"But now that we must be parted
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I know you will understand
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Why I must go, broken hearted
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Far away from my native land

[Chorus]

          D            C    G     C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
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You know my heart is true
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"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
       G        C       G     C G
But my darling, leaving you"

[Chorus]

          D            C    G     C
Though my fond love, I must leave you
    G                D
You know my heart is true
              G                                C
"It's not the leaving of Limerick that grieves me
       G        C       G     C G
But my darling, leaving you"