Tonart: D minor•
Verse 1
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One evening of late as
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I happened to stray
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To the County Tipperary
I straight took my way
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To dig the potatoes and work by the day
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for a farmer called Darby O'Leary.
Verse 2
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I asked him how far we
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The night being dark and
the cold wind did blow
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I was hungry and tired
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and my spirits were low
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Dm
for I got neither whiskey nor water.
Verse 3
Dm
The dirty old miser he
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mounted his steed
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To the Galbally mountains he
rode in great speed
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I followed behind 'til my
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poor feet did bleed
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when we stopped when his old
Verse 4
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When we came to his cottage I entered it first
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it seemed like a kennel or
a ruined old church
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Says I to myself I am left in the lurch
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in the house of old Darby O'Leary
Verse 5
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I well recollect it was Michalmass night
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To a hearty good supper
he did me invite
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A cup of sour milk that was
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more green than white
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Dm
And it gave me the trotting disorder
Verse 6
Dm
Bb
The wet old potatoes would
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And the barn where my bed was
was swarming with rats
Dm
The fleas would have frightened
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the fearless St. Pat
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who banished the snakes o'er the border.
Verse 7
Dm
He worked me by day and he
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worked me by night,
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while he held an old candle
to give me some light
Dm
I wished his potatoes would
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die of the blight
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or himself would go off with the fairies.
Verse 8
Dm
It was on this old miser I
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When the straw was brought in
for to make my shakedown
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And I wished I had never
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nor the sky above Darby O'Leary.
Verse 9
Dm
I've worked in Kilconnel, I've
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worked in Killmore
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I worked in Knoockan
nie and Shamballamore
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In Kalisanaker and Sollahed Moore
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with farmers so decent and cheery.
Verse 10
Bb
I've worked in Tipperary,
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At the mount of Killfegal, the Bridge
of Orleans
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But such woeful starvation I never yet seen
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Dm
As I got from old Darby O'Leary
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