Chord The Irish Rover by Irish Rovers

a song originally by the pogues , this is a version of the song the irish rovers play in the G year of our lord , eighteen hundred and C six , we set G sail from the sweet cove of D cork we were G sailing away with a cargo of C bricks for the G grand city hall in new G york she was A G wonderful craft , she was D rigged ’fore and aft and how G the wild winds C drove her she ’stood G several blasts , she had Em twenty - three C masts and they G called her the C irish rover there was G barney mcgee from the banks of the C lee there was G hogan from county ty - D - rone there was G johnny mcgurk who was scared stiff of C work and A G man from westmeath called G malone there was G slugger o’toole who was D drunk as a rule G and fighting bill tracy from D dover and your G man mick mccann , from the Em banks of the bann was the G skipper of the D irish G rover we had G one million bags of the best sligo C rags we had G two million barrels of D stones we had G three million sides of old blind horses’ C hides we had G four million D barrels of G bones we had G five million hogs and D six million dogs G and seven million barrels of D porter we had G eight million bales of old Em nanny goats’ C tails in the G hold of the D irish G rover we had G sailed seven years when the measles broke C out and our G ship lost her way in the D fog and the G whole of the crew was reduced down to C two ’twas G meself and D the captain’s old G dog then the G ship struck a rock; oh lord D what a shock G the bulkhead was turned right D over we turned G nine times around - then Em the poor old dog was C drowned now i’m G the last of the D irish G rover