The Mermaid Key G Intro 4 bells Instrumental chorus G D G C G C D G C D G G C G C D G One Friday morn as we set sail and we were not far from the land G C G C D G Our Captain he spied a mermaid so fair with a comb and a glass in her hand Chorus G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. G C G C D G Then up spoke the Captain of our gallant ship and a fine young Captain was he G C G C D G This mermaid so fair has warned me of our doom that we'll sink to the bottom of the sea Chorus G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. G C G C D G Then up spoke the first mate of our gallant ship and a fine spoken man was he G C G C D G Saying 'I have a wife in Brooklyn by the sea and to-night a widow she will be Chorus G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. G C G C D G Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship and a fine young fellow was he G C G C D G Oh I have a sweetheart in Salem by the sea and to-night she'll be weeping there for me Chorus G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. G C G C D G Three times round spun our gallant ship and three times round spun she G C G C D G Three times round spun our gallant ship then she sank to the bottom of the sea Chorus x 2 G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. G D And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow G C G And we poor sailors were skipping at the top C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low, below, below C D G While the land lubbers lie down be-low. The Irish Rover (Key C) Intro: C F C G C C F On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six C G We set sail from the coal quay of Cork C F We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks C G C For the grand city hall in New York C G Twas an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft C G And how the trade winds drove her C F She could stand several blasts in her twenty seven masts C G C And we called her the Irish Rover C F We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags C G We had two million barrels of stones C F We had three million sides of old blind horses hides C G C We had four million barrels of bone C G We had five million hogs, six million dogs C G Seven million barrels of porter C F We had eight million bales of old nanny goats tails C G C In the hold of the Irish Rover Instrumental Verse C F C G C F C G C G C G C F C G C C F There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee C G There was Hogan from County Tyrone C F There was Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of work C G C And a chap from West-meath called Ma-lone C G There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule C G And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover C F There was Dolan from Clare, just as strong as a bear C G C All a-board on the Irish Rover C F We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out C G And our ship lost it's way in the fog C F Then the whole of the crew was reduced down to two C G C Just me-self and the captain's oul dog C G The ship struck a rock, Lord what a shock C G And nearly tumbled over SLOW C F Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned C G C I'm the last of the Irish Rover Arranged by Frank Lennon (flennon0@gmail.com) www.irishmidifiles.ie