Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes

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X:37
T:Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
R:song
D:Dolores Keane
D:Quilty
D:The High Kings
Z:id:hn-song-37
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:Dmix
D2 | (A3 B) c2 | A4 D2 | (A3 G) F2 | (G2 F2) DD | C2 (B,2 C2) | D4 C2 | D6- | D4
dd | (B3 A) G2 | A4 Bc | d2 (d2 c2) | A4 d2 | (c2 B2) A2 | (G2 D2) E2 | C6- | C4
d2 | (B3 A) G2 | A4 (Bc) | d2 (d2c2) | A4 d2 | (c2 B2) A2 | G2 D2 E2 | C6- | C4
D2 | A3 B c2 | A4 DD | A4 F2 | (G2F2) DD | C2 B,2 C2 | D4 C2 | D6- | D4 ||
W:From Derry quay we sailed away on the twenty-third of May.
W:We were taken on board by a pleasant crew, bound for Amerikay.
W:Fresh water then we did take on, five thousand gallons or more,
W:in case we'd run short going to New York far away from the shamrock shore.
W:
W:So fare thee well, sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
W:and twice farewell to my comrades brave who dwell on that sainted ground.
W:If fortune it ever should favour me, and I to have money in store
W:I'll come back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.
W:
W:We sailed three weeks, we were all seasick, not a man on board was free.
W:We were all confined unto our bunks and no-one to pity poor me.
W:No father kind nor mother dear to lift up my head, which was sore,
W:which made me think more on the lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.
W:
W:We safely reached the other side in three and twenty days,
W:We were taken as passengers by a man and led round in six different ways.
W:Then each of us drank a parting glass, in case we'd never meet more
W:And we drank a health to old Ireland and Paddy's green shamrock shore.
W:
W:So fare thee well, sweet Liza dear and likewise to Derry town,
W:and twice farewell to my comrades brave who dwell on that sainted ground.
W:If fortune it ever should favour me, and I to have money in store
W:I'll come back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left on Paddy's green shamrock shore.

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