diff --git a/songs/The_Pogues/The_Irish_Rover.sg b/songs/The_Pogues/The_Irish_Rover.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cdc320ca --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/The_Pogues/The_Irish_Rover.sg @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +\selectlanguage{english} +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{Irish Rover} + [by=The Pogues,cov=best-of-the-pogues,album=Best of the Pogues] + + \cover + \gtab{Sol}{320003} + \gtab{Do}{X32010} + \gtab{Ré}{XX00232} + + \beginverse + \[Sol]On the fourth of July + Eighteen hundred and \[Do]six + We set \[Sol]sail from the sweet cove of \[Ré]Cork + We were \[Sol]sailing away + With a cargo of \[Do]bricks + For the \[Sol]grand city \[Ré]hall in New \[Sol]York + \endverse + + \beginverse* + It was an \[Sol]wonderful craft + She was \[Ré]rigged fore and aft + And oh, \[Sol]how the wild wind \[Ré]drove her + She stood \[Sol]several blasts + She had \[Do]twenty seven masts + And they \[Sol]called her the \emph{Irish \[Ré]Ro\[Sol]ver} + \endverse + + \beginverse + We had one million bags + Of the best Sligo rags + We had two million barrels of stone + We had three million sides + Of old blind horses hides + We had four million barrels of bones + \endverse + + \beginverse* + We had five million hogs + And six million dogs + Seven million barrels of porter + We had eight million bails + Of old nanny-goats' tails + In the hold of the \emph{Irish Rover} + \endverse + + + \beginverse + There was awl Mickey Coote + Who played hard on his flute + When the ladies lined up for a set + He was tootin' with skill + For each sparkling quadrille + Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet + \endverse + + \beginverse* + With his smart witty talk + He was cock of the walk + And he rolled the dames under and over + They all knew at a glance + When he took up his stance + That he sailed in the \emph{Irish Rover} + \endverse + + + \beginverse + There was Barney McGee + From the banks of the Lee + There was Hogan from County Tyrone + There was Johnny McGurk + Who was scared stiff of work + And a man from Westmeath called Malone + \endverse + + \beginverse* + There was Slugger O'Toole + Who was drunk as a rule + And Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover + And your man, Mick MacCann + From the banks of the Bann + Was the skipper of the \emph{Irish Rover} + \endverse + + + \beginverse + We had sailed seven years + When the measles broke out + And the ship lost its way in the fog + And that whale of a crew + Was reduced down to two + Just myself and the Captain's old dog + \endverse + + \beginverse* + Then the ship struck a rock + Oh Lord! What a shock! + The bulkhead was turned right over + Turned nine times around + And the poor old dog was drowned + And the las of the \emph{Irish Rover} + \endverse + +\endsong \ No newline at end of file