\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}

\beginsong{Home boys home}
  [by={The Dubliners},cover={irish-pub-songs},album={Irish pub songs}]

  \cover

  \gtab{G}{320003}
  \gtab{D}{XX0232}
  \gtab{A}{X02220}

  \begin{verse}
    \[D]Well who wouldn't be a sailor lad, sailing on the main
    \[A]To gain the good will of \[D]his captain's good name
    He \[G]came ashore \[D]one evening for \[A]to be
    And that was the beginning of me old true love \[D]and me
  \end{verse}

  \begin{chorus}
    \[D]And it's home boys home, home I'd like to be
    \[G] Home for \[D]a while in me \[A]own country
    Where \[D]the Oak and \[G]the Ash
    And \[D]the bonny Ro\[A]wan tree
    Are all growing greener in the \[D]old country
  \end{chorus}

  \begin{verse}
    Well I asked her for a candle for to light me way to bed
    And likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head
    She tended to me needs like a young maid aught to do
    And then I said to her now would you lep in with me too
  \end{verse}

  \begin{verse}
    Well she jumped into bed making no alarm
    Thinking a young sailor lad could do to her no harm
    Well I hugged her and I kissed her the whole night long
    Till she wished the short night, had been seven years long
  \end{verse}

  \begin{verse}
    Well early next morning the sailor lad arose
    And into Mary's apron threw a handful of gold
    Saying ``take this me dear for the mischief that I've done
    For tonight I fear I've left you with a daughter or a son
  \end{verse}

  \begin{verse}
    Well if it be a girl child send her out to nurse
    With gold in her pocket and silver in her purse
    And if it be a boy child, he'll ware the jacket blue
    And go climbing up the riggin' like his daddy used to do''
  \end{verse}

  \begin{verse}
    Oh come all of you fair maidens, a warning take by me
    And never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee
    For I trusted one and he beguiled me
    He left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee
  \end{verse}

\endsong