Verse
As
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I was going over the
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cork and Kerry mountains,I
F
met with Captain Farrel and his
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money he was counting.I first produced my pistol and
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then produced my rapier,Saying ‘
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Stand and deliver for you
C
are my bold deceiver’.
ChorusMusha
G
ring dum a doo dum a da
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Whack fol the daddy o,
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Whack fol the daddy o,There’s
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whiskey
G
in the
C
jar.
He
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counted out his money and it
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was a pretty pennyI
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put it in my pocket and I
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took it home to JennyShe sighed and she swore that
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never would she leave meBut
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the devil take the women for they
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never can be easy
Chorus:I
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went into my chamber all
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for to take a slumber,I
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dreamt of gold and jewels and for
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sure it was no wonder.But Jenny drew my charges, she
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filled them up with water,She
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sent for Captain Farrel to be
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ready for the slaughter.
Chorus:‘Twas
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early in the morning, just
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before I rose to travelUp
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comes a band of troopers
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likewise Captain FarrelI then produced my pistol for she
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stole away my rapierBut
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I couldn’t shoot the water, so a
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prisoner I was taken
Chorus:Now
C
there’s some take delight in the
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carriages a rollingand
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others take delight in the
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hurling and the bowlingbut I take delight in the
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juice of the barleyand
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courting pretty fair maids in the
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morning bright and early
Chorus:If
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anyone can help me, it’s my
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brother in the army,If
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I can find his station be it
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Cork or in Killarney.And if he’d come and join me, we’d go
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roving in Kilkenny.And
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i’m sure he’ll treat me better than my
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own a-sporting Jenny.
Chorus: (repeat twice)
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