Da Vinci's Notebook - Another irish drinking song

^DGather 'round ye lads and lasses, ^Gset ye for a ^Dwhile And harken to me mournful tale abo^Emut the Emerald ^AIsle ^DLet's all raise our glasses high to ^Gfriends and family ^Dgone And lift our voices ^G/Din a^Dnother Irish ^Adrinkin' ^Dsong

^DConsumption took me mother and me ^Gfather got the ^Dpox Me brother drank the whiskey 'till he ^Emwound up in a ^Abox ^DMe other brother in the troubles ^Gmet with his ^Ddemise Me sister has for^G/Dever ^Dclosed her smilin' ^AIrish ^Deyes

^DNow everybody's died, so unt^Gil our tears are dried We'll d^Drink and drink ^G/Dand drink and drink and then we'll drink some ^Amore ^D/AWe'll ^Ddance and sing and fight until the ^Gearly mornin' light Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain

^DKenny was killed in Kilkenny and ^GClaire she died in ^AClare Tip from Tipperary died out ^Emin the Derry ^Dair ^DShannon jumped into the river ^GShannon back in ^DJune Ernie fell ^G/Dinto ^Dthe Erne and Tom is ^Ain the ^DToome

^D"Cleanliness is godliness," me ^GUncle Pat would ^Dsing He broke his neck a-slippin' on a ^Embar of Irish ^ASpring ^DO'Grady he was eighty, 'tho his ^Gbride was just a ^Dpup He died upon the honey^G/Dmoon ^Dwhen she got his ^AIrish ^Dup (HEY!)

^DNow everybody's died, so unt^Gil our tears are dried We'll d^Drink and drink ^G/Dand drink and drink and then we'll drink some ^Amore ^D/AWe'll ^Ddance and sing and fight until the ^Gearly mornin' light Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain

^DJoe Murphy fought with Reilly near the ^GCliffs of Old Doo^Dneen He took out his shillelagh and he ^Gstabbed him in the ^Dspleen Well crazy Uncle Mike thought ^Ghe was a lepre^Dchaun But in fact he's just a leper and his arms and ^Alegs are ^Dgone

When Timmy Johnson broke his neck it ^Gwas a cryin' ^Dshame He wasn't really Irish, but he ^Gwent to Notre ^DDame MacNamara crossed the street and ^Gby a bus was ^Dhit

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But he was just a Scotsman so nobody gave a sh- (OCH!)

^DNow everybody's died, so unt^Gil our tears are dried We'll d^Drink and drink ^G/Dand drink and drink and then we'll drink some ^Amore ^D/AWe'll ^Ddance and sing and fight until the ^Gearly mornin' light Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain

^DDrunken Uncle Brendan tried to ^Gdrive home from the ^Dbar The road rose up to meet when he ^Emfell out of his ^Acar ^DIrony was what befell me ^GGreat Grand Uncle ^DSam He choked upon the ^G/Dvery ^Dlast potato i^An the l^Dand

^DConnor lived in Ulster town, he ^Gused to smuggle ^Darms Until the British killed him and cut ^Emoff his lucky ^Acharms ^DAnd dear old Father Flanagan who ^Gleft the Lord's e^Dmploy Drunk on sacra^G/Dmental ^Dwine beneath the ^Aaltar ^Dboy (HEY!)

^DNow everybody's died, so unt^Gil our tears are dried We'll d^Drink and drink ^G/Dand drink and drink and then we'll drink some ^Amore ^D/AWe'll ^Ddance and sing and fight until the ^Gearly mornin' light Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain

^DSomeday soon I'll leave this world of ^Gpain and toil and ^Dsin The Lord will take me by the hand to ^Emjoin all of me ^Akin ^DMe only wish is when the Savior ^Gcomes for me and ^Dyou He kills the cast of R^G/Diverd^Dance and Michael ^AFlatley ^Dtoo

^DNow everybody's died, so unt^Gil our tears are dried We'll d^Drink and drink ^G/Dand drink and drink and then we'll drink some ^Amore ^D/AWe'll ^Ddance and sing and fight until the ^Gearly mornin' light Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' once ^Aa-^Dgain Then we'll throw ^Dup, pass out, ^G/Dwake ^Dup and then go drinkin' ^Aonce a^Dgain