The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14865   Message #1433378
Posted By: Bernard
12-Mar-05 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Irish Rover (various versions)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Irish Rover (various versions)
Another chorus I've known for thirty-odd years is shorter:

Fare thee well, my bonny little girl,
I must sail away,
Fare thee well, my bonny little girl,
I must sail away.

Is that the version the Pogues used? The tune for that chorus doesn't appear to be derived from the remainder of the song.