Dubliners, Donegal Danny (1967)
^{Key: :[D#] (w: Phil Coulter)}

INTRO: [D#] [G#] [D#] [Cm] [D#] [A#] [D#]

VERSE 1:
[D#] I remember the night that [G#] he came [D#] in
From the [G#] wintery cold and [D#] damp
A giant of a man in an [Cm] oilskin coat
And the [G#] bundle that told he was a [A#] tramp

VERSE 2:
He [D#] stood at the bar and he [G#] called a [D#] pint
Then [G#] turned and gazed at the [D#] fire
On a night like this to be [Cm] safe and dry
Is my [G#] one and only [A#] desire

CHORUS:
So [D#] here's to those who are [G#] dead and [D#] gone
The friends that I loved [A#] dear
And [D#] here's to you and I'll [G#] bid you [D#] adieu
Sayin' Donegal [A#] Danny's been [D#] here me [Cm] boys
[D#] Donegal [A#] Danny's been [D#] here

VERSE 3:
[D#] Then in a voice that was [G#] hushed and [D#] low
Said [G#] listen I'll tell you a [D#] tale
How a man of the sea became a [Cm] man of the road
And [G#] never more will set [A#] sail

VERSE 4:
I [D#] fished out of Howth and [G#] Killy-[D#]-begs
Ard-[G#]-glass and Balti-[D#]-more
But the cruel sea has [Cm] beaten me
And I'll [G#] end my days on the [A#] shore

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 5:
[D#] One fateful night in the [G#] wind and the [D#] rain
We set [G#] sail from Killybegs [D#] town
There were five of us from sweet [Cm] Donegal
And [G#] one from County [A#] Down

VERSE 6:
We were [D#] fishermen who [G#] worked the [D#] sea
And [G#] never counted the [D#] cost
But I never thought when that [Cm] night was done
That [G#] my fine friends would all be [A#] lost

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 7:
[D#] Then a storm it broke and [G#] rolled the [D#] boat
On the [G#] rocks about ten miles from [D#] shore
As we fought the tide we [Cm] hoped inside
To [G#] see our homes once [A#] more

VERSE 8:
Then [D#] we struck a rock and [G#] holed the [D#] bow
And [G#] all of us knew she'd go [D#] down
So we jumped right into the [Cm] icy sea
And [G#] prayed to God we wouldn't [A#] drown

VERSE 9:
But the [D#] raging sea was [G#] rising [D#] fast
As [G#] we set out for the [D#] land
And she fought with all her [Cm] cruelty
To [G#] claim that gallant [A#] band