The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Nell flahertys drake

Oh my ^Cname it is Nell and the truth for to tell I ^Fcome from Coote^Chill which I'll ^Amnever de^Gny I ^Chad a fine drake and I'd die for his sake That me ^Fgrandmother ^Cleft me and ^Gshe goin' to ^Cdie The ^Cdear little fellow his ^Flegs they were ^Cyellow He could ^Ffly like a ^Cswallow or ^Amswim like a ^Ghake Till ^Csome dirty savage to grease his white cabbage Most ^Fwantonly ^Cmurdered me ^Gbeautiful ^Cdrake

Now his ^Cneck it was green almost fit to be seen He was ^Ffit for a ^Cqueen of the ^Amhighest de^Ggree His ^Cbody was white, and it would you delight He was ^Fplump, fat, and ^Cheavy and ^Gbrisk as a ^Cbee He was ^Cwholesome and sound, he would ^Fweigh twenty ^Cpound And the ^Funiverse ^Cround I would ^Amroam for his ^Gsake Bad ^Cluck to the robber be he drunk or sober That ^Fmurdered Nell ^CFlaherty's ^Gbeautiful ^Cdrake

May his ^Cspade never dig, may his sow never pig May each ^Fhair in his ^Cwig be well ^Amtrashed with the ^Gflail My his ^Cdoor never latch, may his roof have no thatch May his ^Fturkeys not ^Chatch, may the ^Grats eat his ^Cmeal May ^Cevery old fairy from ^FCork to Dun ^CLaoghaire Dip ^Fhim snug and ^Cairy in ^Amriver or ^Glake That the ^Ceel and the trout they may dine on the snout Of the ^Fmonster that ^Cmurdered Nell ^GFlaherty's ^Cdrake

May his ^Cpig never grunt, may his cat never hunt May a ^Fghost ever ^Chaunt him the ^Amdead of the ^Gnight May his ^Chens never lay, may his horse never neigh May his ^Fcoat fly a^Cway like an ^Gold paper ^Ckite That the ^Cflies and the fleas may the ^Fwretch ever ^Ctease May the ^Fpiercin' March ^Cbreeze make him ^Amshiver and ^Gshake May a ^Clump of the stick raise the bumps fast and quick On the ^Fmonster that ^Cmurdered Nell ^GFlaherty's ^Cdrake

Well the ^Conly good news that I have to infuse Is that ^Fold Paddy ^CHughes and young ^AmAnthony ^GBlake Al^Cso Johnny Dwyer and Corney Maguire They ^Feach have a ^Cgrandson of ^Gmy darlin' ^Cdrake May ^Ctreasure had dozens of ^Fnephews and ^Ccousins And ^Fone I must ^Cget or me ^Amheart it will ^Gbreak For to ^Cset me mind easy or else I'll run crazy So ^Fends the whole ^Csong of Nell ^GFlaherty's ^Cdrake