Biography:
Linda Thompson (born Linda Pettifer) started her singing career in the 1960s, doing advertising jingles for money and singing in folk clubs for enjoyment. She changed her name to Linda Peters, and was romantically linked to Martin Carthy before working with Richard Thompson, whom she married in 1972. As part of Richard & Linda Thompson she sang on a string of critically acclaimed albums until a bitter split in 1982. After battling voice problems over the years since, she resurfaced with a solo album in 1996, and has worked sporadically since.
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Well, it's by the hush, me boys
C Am
And sure, that's to hold your noise
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And listen to poor Paddy's lamentation
Oh, I was by hunger pressed
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And in poverty distressed
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So I took a thought, I'd leave me Irish nation
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D
Well, I sold me horse and cow
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Me little pigs and sow
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Me little plot of land and I, we parted
And me sweetheart Brid McGee
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I'm afraid I'll never see
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For I left her there that morning, broken-hearted
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Oh, here's you boys, now take my advice
D Am
To America I'll have you's not be coming
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There is nothing here but war
C Am
Where the murderin' cannons roar
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And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
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Well, meself and a hundred more
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To America sailed o'er
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Our fortunes to be made, we were thinkin'
But when we got to Yankee land
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They shoved a gun into our hands
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Saying, "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln"
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Well, I thought myself in luck
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To be fed on Indian buck
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And old Ireland, the place that I delight in
But wit' the Devil, I do say
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Curse Americay
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For I am sick and tired of this hard fighting
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Oh, here's you boys, now take my advice
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To America I'll have you's not be coming
F Csus4 F
There is nothing here but war
C Am
Where the murderin' cannons roar
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And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
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Yes, I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
D G D G Em D
[Verse]
D
Well, it's by the hush, me boys
C Am
And sure, that's to hold your noise
D F
And listen to poor Paddy's lamentation
Oh, I was by hunger pressed
C Am
And in poverty distressed
Dm Am D
So I took a thought, I'd leave me Irish nation
[Verse]
D
Well, I sold me horse and cow
C Am
Me little pigs and sow
D F
Me little plot of land and I, we parted
And me sweetheart Brid McGee
C Am
I'm afraid I'll never see
Dm Am D
For I left her there that morning, broken-hearted
[Chorus]
C
Oh, here's you boys, now take my advice
D Am
To America I'll have you's not be coming
F Csus4 F
There is nothing here but war
C Am
Where the murderin' cannons roar
Dm C Am7 D
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
[Instrumental]
D C Am D C D
[Verse]
D
Well, meself and a hundred more
C Am
To America sailed o'er
D F
Our fortunes to be made, we were thinkin'
But when we got to Yankee land
C Am
They shoved a gun into our hands
Dm Am D
Saying, "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln"
[Verse]
D
Well, I thought myself in luck
C Am
To be fed on Indian buck
D F
And old Ireland, the place that I delight in
But wit' the Devil, I do say
C Am
Curse Americay
Dm Am D
For I am sick and tired of this hard fighting
[Chorus]
C
Oh, here's you boys, now take my advice
D Bb Am
To America I'll have you's not be coming
F Csus4 F
There is nothing here but war
C Am
Where the murderin' cannons roar
Dm C Am7 Dm
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
C Am7 D
Yes, I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
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