VERSE 4:
We had [D#] five million hogs, [A#] six million dogs
We had [D#] seven million barrels of [A#] porter
We had [D#] eight million bales of old [Cm] nanny goat [G#] tails
In the [D#] hold of the Irish [A#] Ro-[D#]-ver

VERSE 5:
There was [D#] awl Mickey Coote, Who played hard on his [G#] flute
And the [D#] ladies lined up for a [A#] set
He would [D#] tootle with skill, For each sparkling quad-[G#]-rille
Though the [D#] dancers were [A#] fluther'd and [D#] bet

VERSE 6:
With his [D#] smart witty talk, He was [A#] cock of the walk
As he [D#] rolled the dames under and [A#] over
They all [D#] knew at a glance, when he [Cm] took up his [G#] stance
That he [D#] sailed in The Irish [A#] Ro-[D#]-ver

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VERSE 7:
There was [D#] Barney McGee from the banks of the [G#] Lee
There was [D#] Hogan from County Ty-[A#]-rone
There was [D#] Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of [G#] work
And a [D#] chap from West-[A#]-meath called Ma-[D#]-lone

VERSE 8:
There was [D#] Slugger O'Toole who was [A#] drunk as a rule
And [D#] fighting Bill Tratcy from [A#] Dover
And your [D#] man Mick McCann from the [Cm] banks of the [G#] Bann
Was the [D#] skipper of the Irish [A#] Ro-[D#]-ver

VERSE 9:
We had [D#] sailed seven years when the measels broke [G#] out
And our [D#] ship lost it's way in the [A#] fog
Then the [D#] whole of the crew was reduced down to [G#] two
Just my-[D#]-self and the [A#] captain's old [D#] dog

VERSE 10:
The ship [D#] struck a rock, [A#] Lord what a shock
The [D#] boat, it was flipped right [A#] over
Turned [D#] nine times around and the [Cm] poor old dog was [G#] drowned
I'm the [D#] last of the Irish [A#] Ro-[D#]-ver

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