Tonalità: C major
Verse 1
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In the year of our lord,
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eighteen hundred and six,
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We set sail from the sweet cove
of Cornwall.
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We were sailing away
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with a cargo of bricks
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For the grand city Holyard.
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It was a wonderful craft,
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she was rigged for and aft,
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I know how the wild winds
drove her.
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She stood several blasts,
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she had twenty -seven masts,
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And they called her the Irish Rover.
We had one million bags
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of the best Sligo rags
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We had two million barrels of gold
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We had two million sides
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of O 'Brien's horse's hides
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We had four million barrels of stone
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Five million hogs, six million dogs
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Seven million barrels of porter
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We had a million bales
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of El Nino goats' tails
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In the hole on the Irish road
There was old Nicky Coot
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who played hard on his flute
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And the ladies lined up for his set
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He was tootling with skill
for his sparkling quadrille
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Cold as banjers were flukered on bet
In his smart witty talk
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he was cock -a -mole not
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As he rolled the dames under and over
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They all knew at a glance
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when he took up a stance
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That he sailed in the Irish Rover
There was John Enoch Cork,
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who was scared stiff of wood
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There was Hogan from Kelty, Tyrone
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There was Barney McGee
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from the banks of the Lee
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And a man from the Smeath,
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Cumberland Schlodder O'Toole,
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drunk as a rule
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Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
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And John Enoch McCann
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on the banks of the Bann
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Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
We had sailed seven years
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when the measles broke out
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And the ship lost its way in the fog
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And the whole of the crew
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was reduced down to two
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Just myself an d the captain sailed on
Then a ship struck a rock,
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good Lord what a shock
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The bulkhead she turned right over
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Tarned nine times around
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And the poor old dog was drowned
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I'm the last of the Irish rovers
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