Lily chords by Christy Moore
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
🎸 Verse 1:
G Em C D
I crossed the River Liffey bridge and went on up the town
D Am G D
By Coffey’s clock twas plain to see how time was moving on
C D D Em
Past Neeson’s and John Johnson’s, Tommy Tougher’s and Keadeen
G Em C D
How’s it going said Paddy Dolan, game ball said Skinner Behan
🎸 Verse 2:
G Em C D
The morning hooter called the workers to the factory line
D Am G D
To weave the bales of sisal into rope and binder twine
C D D Em
Beneath the weeping ash I heard Jack Lawlor’s anvil ring
G Em C D
Back down the town in Cummins’s heard John McCormack Sing
🎸 Chorus:
G D C D
From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy’s Lane
F Em C D
Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again
G C G G D C
From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham
Am D Am D7
To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen
🎸 Verse 3:
G Em C D
Walking down the Moorefield Road my father tellin me
D Am G D
Of the Corbally eviction back in 1953
C D D Em
The story of Clongorey, the hunger and despair
G Em C D
Gone but not forgotten in the history of Kildar
🎸 Verse 4:
G Em C D
To stand upon the Gibbet Rath I walked along the Plains
D Am G D
By Donnelly’s Hollow heard the keening of the Curragh Wrens
C D D Em
Black & Tans in The Barracks as young rebels crossed the fields
G Em C D
From the back lanes and the boreens came Sheahans and O’Neills
🎸 Chorus:
G D C D
From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy’s Lane
F Em C D
Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again
G C G G D C
From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham
Am D Am D7
To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen
🎸 Verse 5:
G Em C D
Here comes Darky Prendergast and Mrs Charlie Weld
D Am G D
The Halfords and The Edderys, the Brabazons and the Bells
C D D Em
The Owners and The Trainers, stallions and brood mares
G Em C D
Fillies, colts and yearlings on the gallops of Kildare
🎸 Verse 6:
G Em C D
The Roo, The Goo and Gandy, every nickname brings a smile
D Am G D
Tell Fid, Conks and Corney I’ll be home in a little while
C D D Em G
As the sun goes down behind the Town we’ll gather on the strand
G Em C D
Dance to Jimmy Dunny’s orchestra, Tom Wilmot’s Ceili band
🎸 Chorus:
G D C D
From Hawkfield and Kilbelin, Chinatown and Rosy’s Lane
F Em C D
Scattered round the world we dreamt of coming home again
G C G G D C
From the Rocks of Sydney Harbour, the Bronx and Birmingham
Am D Am D7
To the Sandy Hills, the Seven Springs, The waters of the Fen Published:
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