The Irish Rover

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