Chords for Dessie Hynes and Frankie Scorr - The Ramblin House

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[C] The Ramlin' House when I was young, [F] tunes were played and songs were sung, [C] stories told
and funny [G] recitations. _
[C] The old man in the corner he'd sit, [F] drawn the hearthstone with a stick, [C] you could smell
the [G] burnin' lamp fire [C] and the hortor. _
There wasn't [G] any electric light, [F] just the turf [C] fire burning bright, and the paraffin
lamp that hung down [G] from the rafters.
[C] They'd talk of times before the war, [F] and the heart of times they saw, [C] for miles around
[G] you could hear the sound [C] of laughter. _
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[C] _ Station mass was in the spring, [F] folks would gather and tell their sins [C] in the little room
behind the [G] kitchen fire. _
[C] The smell of paint was everywhere, [F] the priest he didn't seem to care, [C] he blessed the house
[G] and gave us [C] all a sermon. _
And when the dance was held that night, [F] the girls would dress in their colour and bright,
[C] and dance upon the stone floor till [G] the morning. _
[C] There was currant bread and pots of jam, [F] pipes and tobacco for the smoking plan, [C] and port
of rank [G] from out of moats [C] and hunters. _
There wasn't [G] any electric light, [F] just the turf [C] fire burning bright, and the paraffin
lamp that hung down from [G] the rafters.
[C] I wish I could go back in time [F] to that simple way of life, [C] but alas the [G] rambling house is gone [C] forever. _ _
There wasn't [G] any electric light, [F] just the turf [C] fire burning bright, and the paraffin
lamp that hung down from [G] the rafters.
[C] I wish I could go back in time [F] to that simple way of life, [C] but alas the rambling [G] house is gone [C] forever. _
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