This is the chords of Pat Rainey by Daoiri Farrell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
G D
Oh me name is Pat Rainey, I\’m a travelling man
D7 G
I\’ll mend your auld pots, I\’ll make you a can
D
I\’m prince among nomads, I\’m king of me clan
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 2]
G D
I tramps down the road with me horse and me dog
D7 G
There\’s game in the fields and there\’s turf in the bogs
D
I sing like a lark as along I do jog
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 3]
G D
I camps by the river and I catches a fish
D7 G
I\’ve always got plenty to put in me dish
D
Me brogues and me shirt well I surely can stitch
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 4]
G D
I grab hold of me pipes and I\’ll make for the town
D7 G
Finds me a good seat and I\’ll sit me\’self down
D
I squeeze on the bellows all the throng gathers round me
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 5]
G D
I play \’Misses McClouds\’ and the \’Wind in the Gap\’
D7 G
And it pleases the crowd as they dance and they clap
D
And many\’s a bright shilling they throw in me cap for me
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 6]
G D
Well I\’m fond of the drink and I\’m sure it\’s no crime
D7 G
To sit down in the shebeen with comrades sublime
D
I dance till the morning, I\’m no slave to time
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Instrumental]
G D D7
G D D7
[Verse 7]
G D
Well the housewife each night comes down from the farm
D7 G
Her husband gets cold but I am quite warm
D
For here in me tent she\’ll come to no harm with me
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 8]
G D
But when winter comes round for fear of the damp
D7 G
I\’ll whistle the dog, down the road we will tramp
D
And that housewife will sigh when she sees we broke camp
D7 G
All fol dol lol lol dol dol day
[Verse 9]
G D
But when springtime comes round I\’ll pass back this way
D7 G
Boil up me ol\’ billy and I\’ll have me some tea
D
I\’ll check if the buffer has one on the way for me
D7 G
Fol dol lol lol dol dol day
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