Come, [Am]listen now, I'll [Em]tell you how I [Am]came to [C]leave Kil[G]larney, [Em]O, I'm [Am]one of the boys that [G]fears no noise, And me [Em]name is Paddy [Am]Kearney, O; My [C]father's [G]name it [Am]was the same And my grandfather be[G]fore him, O! He [Am]carried this gun in [Em]ninety-eight When the [Am]green flag [C]floated [G]o'er him, O.
Chorus: Then, [Am]O, what fun to [G] them run, And to [Em]leave a name in [Am]story, O! (Break) With my [C]father's [G]gun I'll [Am]follow the drum, And fight my [G]way to glory, O.
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When my [Am]father died, to [Em]his bedside He[Am] called me[C]self, so [G]clever, [Em]O! Says [Am]he, \"My son, now [G]take this gun, And [Em]guard it well for[Am]ever, O;\" But the [C]dirty [G]laws soon [Am]clapped their paws On me, the dirty [G]blaggards, O! So [Am]faith one day, I [Em]sailed away To the [Am]land of [C]Yankee [G]Doodle, O!
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When the [Am]rebels raised a [Em]hubbuboo, And of [Am]Sumter [C]took po[G]ssession, [Em]O, In[Am]stead of our flag, they [G]raised a rag- The [Em]standard of se[Am]cession, O; It's [C]then I [G]joined the [Am]\"69th,\" My father's gun to [G]shoulder, O! For [Am]meself, you know, can [Em]slaugther the foe- A [Am]devil a [C]one is [G]boulder, O!
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I [Am]'listed then with [Em]Meagher's men, The [Am]rebel [C]spalpeens [G]shooting, [Em]O, In the [Am]bold brigade I'm [G]Sergeant made, So [Em]here I'm back re[Am]cruiting, O; Then [C]boys step [G]out, the [Am]foe to rout; I'll lead you on to [G]glory, O, And [Am]if you're killed, and your [Em]blood is spilt, Your [Am]name will [C]live in [G]story, O!