Intro:
Am-Am-Am-Am G-G-G-G Am-Am-Am-Am
G-G-Am-Am (2x)
Good (Am)luck
to you all now barring the cat
That (G)sits in the
corner a smelling the rat
Ah (Am)whisht you
philandering girls and behave
And (G)saving your
presence I'll (Am)chant you a stave –Am-Am
I (Am)come from a
land where the praties grow big
And the (G)girls neat
and handy can dance a fine jig
And the (Am)boys they
would charm your heart for to see
They're (G)wonderfull
fellas round (Am)Tandragee
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(Am)Here's to the boys that are happy and gay
(G)Singing an dancing and tearing away
(Am)Rollicksome frollicksome frisky and free
We're the (G)rollicking boys around (Am)Tandragee –Am-Am
The (Am)oul jaunting
car is the elegant joult
And (G)Derry's the
place that is famed for the hoult
A(Am)mong the green
bushes that grow in Tyrone
And (G)County
Fermanagh for (Am)muscle and bone –Am-Am
For (Am)feasting and brarney
and fun at the fair
There's (G)none to
compare with the Rakes of Kildare
Green (Am)Erin my
country's the gem of the see
But the (G)gem of oul
Ireland is (Am)Tandragee
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No (Am)doubt you have
heard of Killarney I'm sure
And (G)sweet
Inishowen for the drop of the pure
(Am)Dublin's the
place for the Strawberry Beds
And (G)Donnybrook
Fair for the (Am)cracking of heads –Am-Am
Did you (Am)ere see
an Irishman dancing poltog
How he (G)faces his
partner and turn up his brog
He (Am)shakes at the
buckle and bends at the knee
(G)Wonderfull dancers
in (Am)Tandragee
Am-Am-Am-Am
G-G-G-G
Am-Am-Am-Am G-G-Am-Am
Now (Am)where is the
man either Christian or Turk
To (G)equal the bold
Robert Emmet or Burke
(Am)Where is the
lawyer could speak up like Dan
There's (G)devil
another bad (Am)luck to the one –Am-Am
And (G)where is the
singer could sing like Tom Moore
Whose (am)melodies
charm every care from your door
We'll (Am)beat them
all yet boys and that you will see
Sure we're (G)rearing
fine fellas round (Am)Tandragee
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