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St Patrick Was A Gentleman by The Wolfe Tones

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Key: G 

Flute 🎸 Intro: 

N.C.

🎸 Verse 1:
      D              G              D                 A 
Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent people
   D                  G                D      A      D 
He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple
    D             G               D             A 
His father was a Gallagher, his mother was a Grady
    D                    G              D      A7     D 
His aunt was an O'Shaughnessy and his uncle was a Brady

🎸 Chorus: 
    D                     G 
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   D               A 
he was a saint so clever
   D                    G 
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    D         A     D 
and banished them forever.

🎸 Instrumental: 
D    |G    |D    |A    :
D    |G    |D  A  |D    :

🎸 Verse 2:
        D              G                     D             A 
There's not a mile in Eireann's isle where dirty vermin muster
    D                 G                  D         A        D 
But there he put his dear forefoot and murdered them in clusters
               D                     G        D               A 
The toads went hop, the frogs went flop, slapaste into the water
    D                 G           D          A7          D 
The beasts committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter

🎸 Chorus: 
    D                     G 
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   D               A 
he was a saint so clever
   D                    G 
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    D         A     D 
and banished them forever.

🎸 Instrumental: 
D    |G    |D    |A    :
D    |G    |D  A  |D    : x2

🎸 Verse 3:
    D                  G              D                 A 
The Wicklow hills are very high and so's the hill of Howth, sir
    D                    G                   D       A          D 
But there's a hill much higher still, much higher than them both, sir
D                G                     D                   A 
From the top of this high hill Saint Patrick preached a sermon
D                  G                D         A7       D 
Drove the frogs into the bogs and banished all the vermin

🎸 Chorus: 
   D                   G 
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   D               A 
he was a saint so clever
   D                    G 
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    D         A     D 
and banished them forever.

🎸 Chorus: 
D    |G    |D    |A    :
D    |G    |D  A  |D    :

🎸 Verse 4:
   D                 G                  D              A 
No wonder that them Irish lads should be so gay and frisky
D                   G                    D        A       D 
Sure Saint Patrick taught them that as well as making whiskey
   D                G                     D             A 
No wonder that the saint himself should understand distilling
    D             G                    D        A7   D 
His mother had a shebeen shop in the town of Enniskillen

🎸 Chorus: 
   D                   G 
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
   D               A 
he was a saint so clever
   D                    G 
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
    D         A     D 
and banished them forever. x2