Paddy Reilly - Flower of sweet strabane

If ^AmI were King of ^GIreland's Isle and had all things at my ^Amwill I'd roam for recre^Gation and I'd seek for comfort ^Amstill The comfort I would ^Gask for, so that you may under^Amstand Is to win the heart of ^GMartha, the Flower of Sweet Stra^Ambane

Her ^Amcheeks they are a ^Gruby red, her hair a lovely ^Ambrown And o'er her milk white ^Gshoulders it carelessly hangs ^Amdown She is the fairest ^Gcreature and the pride of all her ^Amclan And my heart is capti^Gvated by the flower of Sweet Stra^Ambane

Well ^AmI've been in the ^GPhoenix Park and in Killarney ^Amfair The lovely glens of ^GAntrim and the winding banks of ^AmClare In all my earthly ^Gtravels I never yet met ^Amone That could compare, I do de^Gclare, with the Flower of Sweet Stra^Ambane

But ^Amsince I cannot ^Ggain her love, no joy there is for ^Amme And I must seek for^Ggetfulness in lands across the ^Amsea Unless she cares to ^Gfollow me, I swear by my right ^Amhand McKenna's face you'll ^Gne'er more see, my Flower of Sweet Stra^Ambane

So its ^Amfarewell to sweet ^GDerry Quay, New Mills and Water^Amside I'll sail out o'er the ^Gocean, whatever may be^Amtide I'll sail away from ^GDerry Quay out by the Isle of ^AmMan And I'll bid farewell to ^GMartha, the Flower of Sweet Stra^Ambane