Biography:
William 'Liam' Clancy (2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) (Irish;Liam Mac Fhlannchadha) was an Irish folk singer. With his brothers Tom, and Patrick Clancy, as well as Tommy Makem, he was part of the popular group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Liam Clancy was the youngest and last surviving member of the influential folk group the Clancy Brothers, who are regarded as Ireland's first pop stars. They recorded 55 albums, achieved global sales
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Other songs:
- All For Me Grog
- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- Ar Eireann Ni Neosainn Ce Hi
- Black Water Side
- Cruisin Round Yarmouth
- Dirty Old Town
- Eileen Aroon
- Fare Thee Well
- Farewell To Tarwathie
- Fiddlers Green
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- Galway Races
- Heave Away
- Hi For The Beggarman
- Home Boys Home
- Home From The Sea
- Im A Freeborn Man
- Maries Wedding
- My Island
- Navy Boots On
- Patriot Game
- Red Is The Rose
- Sonnys Dream
- Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
- Streets Of London
- Ten And Nine
- The Castle Of Dromore
- The Croppy Boy
- The Dutchman
- The Foggy Dew
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Tinker
- The Loch Tay Boat Song
- The Minstrel Boy
- The Nightingale
- The Orchard
- The Parting Glass
- The Rising Of The Moon
- The Roseville Fair
- The Water Is Wide
- The Weavers
- Time Gentlemen Time
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Yarmouth Town
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Liam Clancy - Navy Boots On
## NOTE: I have left the title spelled 'Navy', as it is on the record. ##
## However, the correct spelling and pronunciation is 'Navvy', a ##
## contraction of the word Navigator. That is what the unskilled ##
## Irish canal and railroad labourers were called in England. ##
CAPO: 1st Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
I'm a bold Irish navvy who worked on the line
F G
And the first place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne
C F G
But through a misfortune that happened in fun
C F C
I remember the night I'd me navvy boots on
[VERSE 2:]
F C
When the day's work was over I shaved off me beard
F G
To meet the young lady, I was well prepared
C F G
For to meet the young lady, I then hurried down
C F C
And I met her that night with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 3:]
F C
When I knocked on her window, my knock it was low
F G
When I knocked on her window, my knock she did know
C F G
She jumped out of bed crying, "Is that you John?"
C F C
"Well, it even it is, love, with me navvy boots on"
[VERSE 4:]
F C
Then she opened the door and invited me in
F G
"Come up to the fire, love, and warm your skin"
C F G
Well, her room door being open and the blankets turned down
C F C
I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 5:]
F C
It was all of that night we did sport and did play
F G
Never thinking of time as it soon passed away
C F G
Then she leaped out of bed crying, "What have I done?
C F C
For the child will be born with his navvy boots on"
[VERSE 6:]
F C
I chastised me love so for talking so wild
F G
"Ya foolish young girl, you will never have a child"
C F G
For all that I, ditched her, 'twas only in fun
C F C
Then I ran like hell with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 7:]
F C
It was very soon after I was summoned to court
F G
To pay for me sins there as every man ought
C F G
I give ten bob a week now to pay for the fun
C F C
That I had that night with me navvy boots on
## NOTE: I have left the title spelled 'Navy', as it is on the record. ##
## However, the correct spelling and pronunciation is 'Navvy', a ##
## contraction of the word Navigator. That is what the unskilled ##
## Irish canal and railroad labourers were called in England. ##
CAPO: 1st Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
I'm a bold Irish navvy who worked on the line
F G
And the first place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne
C F G
But through a misfortune that happened in fun
C F C
I remember the night I'd me navvy boots on
[VERSE 2:]
F C
When the day's work was over I shaved off me beard
F G
To meet the young lady, I was well prepared
C F G
For to meet the young lady, I then hurried down
C F C
And I met her that night with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 3:]
F C
When I knocked on her window, my knock it was low
F G
When I knocked on her window, my knock she did know
C F G
She jumped out of bed crying, "Is that you John?"
C F C
"Well, it even it is, love, with me navvy boots on"
[VERSE 4:]
F C
Then she opened the door and invited me in
F G
"Come up to the fire, love, and warm your skin"
C F G
Well, her room door being open and the blankets turned down
C F C
I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 5:]
F C
It was all of that night we did sport and did play
F G
Never thinking of time as it soon passed away
C F G
Then she leaped out of bed crying, "What have I done?
C F C
For the child will be born with his navvy boots on"
[VERSE 6:]
F C
I chastised me love so for talking so wild
F G
"Ya foolish young girl, you will never have a child"
C F G
For all that I, ditched her, 'twas only in fun
C F C
Then I ran like hell with me navvy boots on
[VERSE 7:]
F C
It was very soon after I was summoned to court
F G
To pay for me sins there as every man ought
C F G
I give ten bob a week now to pay for the fun
C F C
That I had that night with me navvy boots on
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