D                                                  (7)
  O fiddle diddle catch and riddle me quick or I'll be gone
     G             (7)
  O fiddle diddle catch and riddle me
   A7           D
  I'm a leprechaun
   A7           D (7)
  I'm a leprechaun
  
   G                      D 
  Way back in Ireland in days of yore
          A7                    D           (1st:D7 Ending:A7)
  There lived a wee man seldom seen anymore 
  He stood some inches high and he was always dressed in green 
  The master of magic, ah the best ever seen 
  Wearing silver bottles, tiny Golden bells 
  He would go singing through the dells
  
  Now when I was a boy more than once I was told 
  About this leprechaun and his pot of gold
  Golden sovereigns and more than this,
  If you could catch the Leprechaun he would grant you a wish
  But catching this little man was hard I fear
  Whenever he was seen he would always disappear
  
  Now you can say I was drunk you can call me a liar
  One night out in the woods yes I saw a fire
  I thought go wee closer and have me a peep
  Slowly in the woods I started to creep
  To my surprise around the fire dancing in the rain
  Was a score of little leprechauns, and I heard em sing
  
  I thought I'd wait until they finished their fun
  And when they'd gone to sleep then maybe I'd catch me one
  All tired from dancing they laid down by a log
  So I crept up and I caught one but he turned into a frog 
  He was all wet and slippery from me hands he did spring
  As he hopped through the woods I could hear them sing: