Subject: RE: Chord Req: chords for dear old donegal?
From:
GUEST,Rob
Date: 16 Jun 12 - 05:50 PM
I don't know if you're still looking for this, but after much searching I've found this page with the chords on:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020302180311/http://www.prof.co.uk/irish/lyrics/dear_old_donegal.htm
DEAR OLD DONEGAL
(Words and music by Steve Graham)
It seems like only yesterday I sailed from out of Cork,
A wanderer from Erin's isle, I landed in New York
There wasn't a soul to greet me there,
A stranger on your shore.
But Irish luck was with me here and riches came galore.
And now I'm going back again to dear Old Erin's isle,
My friends will meet me on the pier
And greet me with a smile,
Their faces sure I've almost forgot, I've been so long away.
But me mother will introduce them all and this to me she'll say.
"Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy,
And here's your sister Kate.
And there's the girl you used to swing
Down on the garden gate,
Shake hands with all of the neighbors.
And kiss the colleens all,
You're as welcome as the flowers in May
In to Dear Old Donegal."
They'll give a party when I go home, they'll come from near and far
They'll line the road for miles and miles with Irish jaunting cars
The spirits will flow and we'll be gay
We'll fill your hearts with joy
The piper'll play an Irish reel to greet the Yankee boy
We'll dance and sing the whole night long, such fun as never seen
The lads'll be decked in corduroy, the colleens wearin' green.
There'll be thousands there that I never saw, I've been so long away
But me mother will introduce them all and this to me she'll say.
"Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy,
And here's your sister Kate.
And there's the girl you used to swing
Down on the garden gate,
Shake hands with all of the neighbors.
And kiss the colleens all,
You're as welcome as the flowers in May
In to Dear Old Donegal."
There came Brannigan, Fannigan. Milligan, Gilligan,
Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Mahone,
Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Connelly,
Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, Malone.
Madigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, Flanihan,
Fagan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolihan, Flynn,
Shanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, Hogarty,
Kelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness, McGuinn.
Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy,
And here's your sister Kate.
And here's the girl you used to swing
Down on the garden gate,
Shake hands with all of the neighbors.
And kiss the colleens all.
And we'll content and pay no rent
In Dear Ole' Donegal!
Suggested Guitar Chords
It [G]seems like only yesterday I [C]sailed from out of Cork,
A [G]wanderer from [G]Erin's Isle, I [A7]landed in New [D7]York
There [G]wasn't a soul to greet me there, A [C]stranger on the [G]shore.
But [C]Irish luck was [G]with me here, And [A7]riches [D7]came ga [G]lore.
And [C]now I'm going back again to [G]dear Old [D7]Erin's [G]Isle,
My [Bm]friends will meet me [C]on the [Bm]pier and [A7]greet me with a [D7]smile,
Their [G]faces sure I've almost forgot, I've [C]been so long [G]away
But me [C]mother will intro [G]duce them all and [A7]this to [D7]me will [G]say.
"Shake [G]hands with your Uncle Mike me boy,
And [C]here is your sister [G]Kate.
And [C]there's the girl you [G]used to swing
Down [A7]by the garden [D7]gate,
Shake [G]hands with all of the neighbors.
And [C]kiss the colleens [G]all,
You're as [C]welcome as the [G]flowers in May
In to [A7]Dear Old [D7]Done [G]gal."
(patter)
There came Brannigan, Fannigan. [Am7]Milligan, [D7]Gilligan,
[G]Duffy, McCuffy, Ma [A7]lachy, Ma [D7]hone,
[G]Rafferty, Lafferty, [Am7]Donnelly, [D7]Connelly,
[C]Dooley, O'[G]Hooley, Mul [D7]downey, Ma [G]lone.
Madigan, Cadigan, [Am7]Lanihan, [D7]Flanihan,
[G]Fagan, O'Hagan, O'[A7]Hoolihan, [D7]Flynn,
[G]Shanihan, Manihan, [Am7]Fogarty, [D7]Hogarty,
[C]Kelly, O'[G]Kelly, Mc [D7]Guinness, Mc [G]Guinn.
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