X:9
T:The pool song
C:Con Ó Drisceoil
M:3/8
L:1/8
K:D
A | ABG | A2 d | ddc | B2 F | AGE |
w:When I was a boy, 'twas al-ways me joy to go to the
D2 C | D3-|D2 A | ABd | e2 d | BAB | A2 F |
w:pub each night._ There~was ar-gu-ments, scraps, and kill-ings, per-haps, and
GAB | =cBc | A3-|A2 A | ABd | e2 d |
w:ev'-ry-one thought he was right._ There~was bad-gers and dogs and
BAB | A2 A | GAB | =cBc | A3-|A2 A | ABG |
w:men from the bogs, and young fel-lows act-ing the "tool"._ But now there's no
A2 d | ddA | B2 G | AGE | D2 C | D3-|D2 |]
w:crack, for ev'-ry man-jack has~his arse in the air playing pool._


Source: Written down from memory, form my hearing Seán Cannon singing it at a Dubliners concert.