Moorelough Shore
Em - D - C - Bm - Am
Em D
1. Your hills and dales and flowery vales,
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that lie near the Moorlough Shore.
Em D
Your winds
that blow by borden's grove
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shall I ever see no more.
G D
Where
the primrose blows and the violet grows,
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where the trout and salmon play,
Em D
with my line and hook delight I took
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to spend my youthful days.
Em D
2. Last night I went to meet my love,
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and to hear what she would say.
Em D
And
to see if she would pity me,
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before I must go away.
G D
She
said, "I love an Irish lad,
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and he’s my pride and joy.
Em D
And
ever since I saw his face
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I've loved
my sailor boy."
Em D
3. Perhaps your sailor boy was lost,
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while crossing the sea of Maine.
Em D
Or perhaps
he is gone with some other lass,
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you might never see him again.
G D
Well,
if my Irish boy is lost,
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he's the one that I adore,
Em D
And for
seven years I will wait for him
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Bm Em
on the banks of the Moorlough
Shore. + Em -
D - C - Bm - Em (2x)
Em D
4. He said farewell to the castle grand,
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farewell to the foggy dew.
Em D
Where
the linen weaves like bleaching silk,
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and the falling streams runs still.
G D
And
there I spent my youthful days,
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but alas they all are gone !
Em D
And
cruelty has banished me
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Bm Em
far away from the Moorlough Shore.
Em D
And
cruelty has banished me
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far away from the Moorlough Shore.
(Tommy Fleming)