diff --git a/songs/the_dubliners/home_boys_home.sg b/songs/the_dubliners/home_boys_home.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..555b7b0a --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/the_dubliners/home_boys_home.sg @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +\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