Chords for Cara Dillon - The Emigrant's Farewell

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_ _ _ _ _ Farewell to _ [Ab] old Ireland, _ the _ land of [Eb] my childhood _
Which now and [Ab] forever _ _ I _ [Eb] am going to _ leave _ _
Farewell to _ the shores where the _ _ shanrug is growing
_ It's the bright _ spot [Ab] of beauty _ and the [Eb] home of the _ brave
I think on its valleys _ _ [Ab] with fond _ [Eb] _
admiration
_ _ _ Though never _ _ its _ _ _ [Ab] bright hills will I see
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I'm bound for to _ cross _ [Ab] the wide _ [Eb]
swelling ocean
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search of [Ab] fame and fortune _ _ _ and of [Eb] sweet _ liberty _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Her _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ ship at [Ab] the present _ lays in Derry [Eb] _
Harbour
To bear us [Ab] _
away across the wide swelling [Eb]
sea
_ May heaven be her [Ab]
companion _ and [Eb] grant her fair breezes
To be rich [Ab] the green _ fields of _ _ [Cm] America
[Abm] _ _ [Eb] Far [Ab] [Db] too [Ab] before [Bbm] sprung [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] would we live in our [Ab] [Db] houses
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_ [Bbm] [Ab] All obliged for to sell _ [Eb] to [Ab] wander [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bbm] [Ab] among [Eb] Indians and strangers
[Bbm] To find [Ab] some [Bbm] sweet spot [Ab] where our children _ might [Eb] dwell
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Our _ _ artists, [Ab] our farmers, our _ _ [Eb] tradesmen are leaving
To seek for [Ab] employment _ _ far [Eb] over the sea
Where they'll get [Ab] their riches _ with care [Eb] and with industry
There's nothing [Ab] but hardship at home if you stay
[Eb] But steer [Db] us, _ [Ab] _
_ you [Eb] land of _ Ulysses
There's gold [Db] for the [Ab] taking and _ the solitude
A [Db] _ [Eb] heart [Db] to the [Ab]
heart, [Bbm] [Ab] that is [Eb] the right to ramble
[Bbm] Bad luck [Ab] to the [Bbm]
land, for [Ab] the [Eb] loss that would _ _ bring
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_ We'll call [Db] [Ab] for a bumper, [Bbm] _ [Ab] we'll fail [Eb] while in the brandy
We'll drink [Db] to the [Ab]
health of the post far away
_ [Eb] Our hearts [Db] will _ _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] [Ab] aware at the [Eb] thoughts of old _ [Bbm] Ireland
When we're [Ab] in the [Bbm] green [Ab] fields of [Eb] _ America _
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