Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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Irish Rover – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
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[VERSE 1]
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In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six
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We set sail from the Cobh quay of Cork
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We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
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For the grand city hall in New York
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Twas an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft
G D
And how the trade winds drove her
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She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts
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And they called her the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 2]
G C
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
G D
We had two million barrels of stones
G C
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
G D G
We had four million barrels of bone
G D
We had five million hogs, six million dogs
G D
Seven million barrels of porter
G Em C
We had eight million bales of old nanny goats tails
G D7 G
In the hold of the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 3]
G C
There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
G D
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
G C
There was Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of work
G D G
And a chap from Westmeath named Malone
G D
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
G D
And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
G Em C
And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann
G D7 G
Was the skipper of the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 4]
G C
We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
G D
And our ship lost it's way in the fog
G C
Then the whole of the crew was reduced down to two
G D G
Just myself and the captain’s old dog
G D
The ship struck a rock, oh Lord what a shock
G D
And nearly tumbled over
G Em C
It turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned
G D7 G
I'm the last of the Irish Ro-ver
Tab’d by wompton
[VERSE 1]
G C
In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six
G D
We set sail from the Cobh quay of Cork
G C
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
G D G
For the grand city hall in New York
G D
Twas an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft
G D
And how the trade winds drove her
G Em C
She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts
G D7 G
And they called her the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 2]
G C
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
G D
We had two million barrels of stones
G C
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
G D G
We had four million barrels of bone
G D
We had five million hogs, six million dogs
G D
Seven million barrels of porter
G Em C
We had eight million bales of old nanny goats tails
G D7 G
In the hold of the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 3]
G C
There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
G D
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
G C
There was Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of work
G D G
And a chap from Westmeath named Malone
G D
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
G D
And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
G Em C
And your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann
G D7 G
Was the skipper of the Irish Ro-ver
[VERSE 4]
G C
We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
G D
And our ship lost it's way in the fog
G C
Then the whole of the crew was reduced down to two
G D G
Just myself and the captain’s old dog
G D
The ship struck a rock, oh Lord what a shock
G D
And nearly tumbled over
G Em C
It turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned
G D7 G
I'm the last of the Irish Ro-ver
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