Song Name: | The Wearing of the Green | By: | Unknown |
Posted By: | tomahawk59 | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Irish |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2006-03-13 09:03:25 | Modified: | 2008-01-16 15:01:51 |
Song: | 4-4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
Oh, Paddy, dear and did you hear 5 5 -4 -4-4 -4 the news that's goin' 'round? 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 The shamrock is forbid by law 4 -4 4 4 4 4 to grow on Irish ground. 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Saint Patrick's Day no more to keep; 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 His color can't be seen, 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 for there's a bloody law agin' 4 -4 4 4 4 4 the wearin' of the green. 76 -6 -6 6 5 6 6 I met with Napper Tandy 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 5 and he took me by the hand, 7 -7 -6 -6 6 5 6 4 and he said, "How's poor old Ireland 5 -44 -3 3 3 and how does she stand?" 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 She's the most distressful country 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 that ever you have seen. 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 They're hanging men and women there 4 -4 4 4 4 4 For wearin' of the green. |