Below are the letter notes. In this version I have taken out all the ornamentation [ extra notes ] and made it as simple
as possible to play. The F is a sharp and the c is natural. The higher notes past B are the lower case letters.
e e e e d B
A E A A B C
D In the merry month of June from me home I started, e e d
B A B G G A B
C Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted, d e e d B
A E A A B
c d Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother, e e d
B A B B G G
A B c Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother, e e
a a f g e
a a f g Then off to reap the corn, leave where
I was born, e a a f g
e d B G A B
c Cut a stout black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins; e a a
f g e a a
f g Bought a pair of brogues rattling o'er the bogs e e
a a f g e
e d B G A B c And fright'ning all the dogs on the
rocky road to Dublin. e e d
B A E A A
B c d e e d
B One, two, three four, five, Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky G c
B G G A B c e
e d B A road and all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah
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