Dear Little Shamrock Shore

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Verse 1

C                       F             G
Twas the landlords that drove us from Ireland
Am              F          G
High rents were our prison walls
Am                   F
Then the famine came round
    G             Am
And blackened the ground
        F           G          C
And the auctioneers hammer did fall

Chorus

C               F      C
Farewell to the ones I adore
        F           Am        Dm
And the land I will see never more
G7      C          F
For I'm saying goodbye
       G          Am
With a tear in me eye
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore

Verse 2

C              F        G
A ship lies in Fairbury harbour
Am          F        G
Barely safe over the foam
Am             F
But to Halifax town
  G            Am
I soon will be bound
    F            G      C
Far away from me native home

Chorus

C               F      C
Farewell to the ones I adore
        F           Am        Dm
And the land I will see never more
G7      C          F
For I'm saying goodbye
       G          C
With a tear in me eye
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore

Verse 3

C                     F            G
Well they all came to wish me safe journey
Am                F             G
The parting still grieves on me mind
Am            F
Me parents so dear
   G               Am
Me friends far and near
        F      G      C
And the girl I left behind

Chorus

C               F      C
Farewell to the ones I adore
        F           Am        Dm
And the land I will see never more
G7      C          F
For I'm saying goodbye
       G          C
With a tear in me eye
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore

Verse 4

C                  F           G
There's work to be had if your able
Am                F          G
The new world has treated me fine
Am                 F
With me shovel and spade
  G          Am
I toil at me trade
    F           G        C
But riches will never be mine

Chorus

C               F      C
Farewell to the ones I adore
        F           Am        Dm
And the land I will see never more
G7      C          F
For I'm saying goodbye
       G          C
With a tear in me eye
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore

Verse 5

C                 F          G
Well rivers still run to the ocean
Am               F               G
The wee birds on feathered wings soar
Am             F
I dream of the day
     G           Am
When home I will stray
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore

Chorus

C               F      C
Farewell to the ones I adore
        F           Am        Dm
And the land I will see never more
G7      C          F
For I'm saying goodbye
       G          C
With a tear in me eye
       F           G        C
To the dear little shamrock shore