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T:North Americay
R:song
D:The Chieftains (Kevin Conneff)
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Q:1/4=120
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W:Ye lovers all both great and small, who dwell in I-reland,
W:Oh I pray you pay attention, whilst I my pen command.
W:It was my father's anger that drove my love away,
W:But I still have hopes we'll meet again in North Americay.
W:
W:My love he was fair and handsome, and to him I gave my heart,
W:But little was our notion that we would ever part.
W:It was in my father's garden that this flower it did decay,
W:But I still have hopes it will bloom again in North Americay.
W:
W:Now I did not want for money, kind fortune on me shone.
W:So out of my father's castle I took three hundred pounds.
W:It was in the town of Belfast my passage I did pay
W:And then set sail across the sea to far Americay.
W:
W:Now the captain's wife was kind to me, as you may understand,
W:And she kept me in her cabin until we reached dry land.
W:It was in the town of Quebec we landed on the quay,
W:But I knew not where to seek my love in all Americay.
W:
W:Now I being sick and sore and tired, well I went into an inn,
W:And it was there I found my William, the lad I loved within.
W:He took me gently by the hand and to me he did say
W:Oh I never thought I'd see your face in North Americay.
W:
W:Now I hear this couple has got wed, as you may understand,
W:And I hear they live quite happily in a town they call St. Johns.
W:And the money that she took from home, well in gold she paid it down,
W:And they think no more of Ireland nor Enniskillen town.