The Dubliners - Darby oleary

^AmOne evening of late as I ^Chappened to ^Fstray, to the ^Ccounty Tipperary I ^Gstraight took my way, to ^Amdig for potatoes and ^Cwork by the ^Fday, for a ^Cfarmer called ^GDarby O'^AmLeary.

^AmI asked him how far we were ^Cbound for to go, the ^Fnight being dark and a ^Gcold wind did blow, I was ^Amhungry and tired and me ^Cspirits were ^Flow, for I ^Cgot neither ^Gwhiskey nor ^Amwater.

^AmThe dirty old miser he ^Cmounted his ^Fsteed, to the ^CGalbally Mountains he ^Grode in great speed, I ^Amfollowed behind 'til my ^Cpoor feet did ^Fbleed, when we ^Cstopped when his ^Gold horse was ^Amweary.

^AmWhen we came to his cottage I ^Centered it first, it ^Fseemed like a kennel or ^Gruined old church, says ^Amaye to myself I am ^Cleft in the ^Flurch, in the ^Chouse of old ^GDarby O'^AmLeary.

^AmI well recollect it was ^CMichalmass ^Fnight, to a ^Chearty good supper he ^Gdid me invite, a ^Amcup of sour milk that was ^Cmore green than ^Fwhite, and it ^Cgave me the ^Gtrotting ^Amdisorder.

^AmThe wet old potatoes would ^Cpoison the cats, and the ^Fbarn where me bed was, was ^Gswarming with rats, the ^Amfleas would have frightened the ^Cfearless Saint ^FPat, who ^Cbanished the ^Gsnakes o'er the ^Amborder.

^AmHe worked me by day and he ^Cworked me by ^Fnight, while he ^Cheld an old candle to ^Ggive me some light, I ^Amwished his potatoes would ^Cdie of the ^Fblight, or him^Cself would go ^Goff with the ^Amfairies.

^Am't Was on this old miser I ^Clooked with a frown, when the ^Fstraw was brought in for to ^Gmake my shakedown, and I ^Amwished that I'd never seen ^Chim nor his ^Ftown, nor the ^Csky over ^GDarby O'^AmLeary.

^AmI worked in Kilconnel, I've ^Cworked in Kil^Fmore, I've ^Cworked in Knockranny and ^GShanballymore, and ^AmKalisanaker and ^CSollahed ^FMoore, with ^Cfarmers so ^Gdecent and ^Amcheery.

^AmI've worked in Tipperary, the ^CRag in Ross Green, at the ^Fmount of Killfegal, the ^GBridge of Orleans, such ^Amwoeful starvation I ^Cnever yet ^Fseen, as I ^Cgot from old ^GDarby O'^AmLeary.