G                D          C             G
Let me sing you a song of a Irish Drinking man,
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Who walked into a pub around two.
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He drank some whiskey and a couple of tall pints,
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and he sang of the mountain dew, me boys, sang of the mountain dew.

A few hours later he went into a tavern,
and he drank up a little more tea.
He started humming the croppy boy,
and he finished with the rose of tralee, me boys, sang of the rose of tralee.

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And it takes him back to the emerald Isle,
C                                  G
Where he grew up a a little, little boy.
C                              G
And although the times were so very rough,
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He remembers his family and joy, me boys, remembers his family and joy.

Later on as the night does unfold,
he thinks about his patriotic ties.
He sings the boys of the old brigade,
and whistles the fields of athenrye, be boys, whistles the fields of athenrye.

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As the night does come to an end,
he stumbles back into his home.
he sings a song of childhood happiness,
singing the boys won't leave the girls alone me boys, no the boys won't leave the girls alone.

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