Chords for Don Stiffe with Cherish The Ladies - Skibbereen

[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ Oh, [Gm] Father _ [Am] dear, [Dm] I oft times hear [Gm] you speak [Am] of _ [Dm] Airden's _ Isle.
_ Her _ lofty seas, [Gm] her _ [C] valleys green, [F] her _ mountains rude and [A] _ wild.
_ They [Dm] say it _ [Gm] is a [C] lovely land [F] where an earl prince might _ [A] _ dwell.
So [Gm] why did _
[Am] you [Dm] _ abandon it, [Gm] the reason [Am]
to [Dm] return? _ _
Oh, _ [Gm] son, I [Am] _ [Dm] loved my native _ land [Gm] with an [Am]
earthy _ _ [Dm] [Am] unpride. _
[D] _ [Dm] Till blight came _ [Gm] over all [C] my crops, [F] my sheep _ and cattle [A] died. _ _
My [Dm] _ rent and taxes _ [Gm] _ were too [C]
high, [F] I could _ not then [A] redeem. _ _ _
And [Gm] that's [Am] the cruel _ [Dm] _ reason why [Gm] I left [Am] old Skidmore [Dm] in. _ _
How _ [Gm] _ well [Am] do I [Dm] remember _ _ _ [Gm] that bleak [Am]
December
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ when the _ lords [Bb] and [Gm] the _ [C] sheriff came [F] to drive us all [A] away.
_ They _ [Dm] set my roof [F] [Gm] on _ [C] fire _ [F] with cursed _ _ Saxon's [A] pin. _ _ _
[Gm] And that's _ [Am] another [Dm] _ reason _ why [Gm] I left [Am] old Skidmore [Dm] in. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Your mother, [Am] to _ [D] God rest her soul, [Gm] fell on [Am]
the snowy [Dm] ground.
[C] _ [Dm] _
_ She fainted _ in [G] her ash, [C] _
_ [F] neat the _ _ _ desolated [A] ground. _ _
She _ [Dm] never _ rose [Gm] but _ [C] passed away [F] from life to mortal _ [A] _ dream. _ _
[Gm] And found [Am] a quiet [Dm] _ grave, me boys, [Gm] in dear [Am] old Skidmore [Dm] in. _ _ _
_ [Gm] And you [Am] were only [Dm] two [D] years old [Gm] and Phoebus _ [Am]
was your [Dm] friend. _ _
I could not leave _ [Gm] you with [C] my friends, you [F] _ bore your father's [A] name. _ _
I [Dm] _ wrapped you in [Gm] my _ [C] coat, the moor, from [F] the dead of night [A] unseen. _ _ _
And [Gm] heaved a [Am]
sigh [Dm] and bid goodbye [Gm] to dear old [Am] _
Skidmore [Dm] in. _ _
Oh, [Gm] father _ [Am] _
dear, [Dm] the day will come [Gm] when in answer [Am]
to [Dm] the call, _
_ when _ _ _
_ [Bb] [Gm] Irishmen with [C] feet and stern [F] will rally _ one [A] and all. _
_ _ [Dm] I'll be the _ man to _ [Gm] [C] lead the band [F] beneath that flag [A] of _ green.
_ _ [Gm] And loud and [Am] _ proud [Dm] we'll raise a cry, _ _
[Gm] _ Revenge [Am] for _ Skidmore [Dm] in. _ _
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Thank you very much, Mr.
Chairman.
Thank you. _ _ _