Chords for Humours of the King of Ballyhooley - Andy Ivrine; Patrick Street.

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[D] _ [A] _ _ [D] I'll tell you's how it was [A] with me, if to listen [D] you's are willing,
Twas in yon house [A] behind yon hill where I had lately [D] been distilling.
[A] I slung a keg upon me back and started out for daylight coolly,
Good customers I did not like and I sold it all in [D]
Ballyhooley.
I thought it wiser [A] to delay, me home would waive the [D] fear of peelers,
And in that way I [A] spent the day dine with the [D] whisky dealers.
[C#m] But as the shades of night came down and I had got me money duly,
[Em] I bid good night to all who was there and I [G] started [E] home from [D] Ballyhooley.
Me heart was [A] like the mountain dew that I had brewed [D] among the heather,
And on me way I chanced to [A] spy a lad and lassie [D] walk together.
[A] Her neck was like the mountain snow, her cheeks like roses blossom newly,
She had a voice like music soft and low, she was the flower of [D] Ballyhooley.
This young man quickly [A] left her side, it was afraid of [D] me that he was,
And still the lassie [A] did not hide, it was in love [D] with me that she [A] was.
Then quickly up [Em] beside her came, says I, [E] fair maid I love you truly,
[Bm] And if [Em] your parents' gifts consent [C#] will you be me bride in [D] Ballyhooley.
I have a house [A] behind Sean Hill to find [Em] greyhounds [D] and a parrot,
Besides I have a little [A] still, a drop it makes with [D] you I share [A] it.
And I have got a feather bed with sheets and blankets purchased newly,
Besides I have a ring to wed if you be mine in [D] Ballyhooley.
Her cherry cheeks they [A] grew more red during the time that [D] we were talking,
And still she hung her [A] little head and viewed the ground where [D] we were walking.
[A] She says young man if you're content if you say you love me truly,
And if me parents' gifts consent I'll be your bride in [D] Ballyhooley.
I asked her name, she [A] said it was Jane, and that her [G] second [D] name was Cooley,
And then I asked her [A] when we'd wed, she said the sooner [D] wed the better.
So I went and asked her parents [A] glad if they would intend to [D] let me get her.
[A] They said they were, [Em] they wished us luck, we started [C#m] out for father truly,
[E] And at the hour of twelve a donkey [G] [C#m] piped an off in [D] Ballyhooley.
So we had [A] that day, the people come [D] in uninvited,
The piper played for [A] every squad Jane, she sang and [D] I recited.
[A] The pot she imploded like a waterfall, the trouble still has just come newly,
And in that way we gaily spent our honeymoon in [D] Ballyhooley.
The widon cousins [A] that we got, none [D] of them was mean or shabby,
And the auntie thought she [A] bought some cloth to make [D] the dresses for the [A] barry.
Invitations then went round, the friend that we had [E] just [A] made newly,
A lighter heart could not be found [D] than mine [A] that night in [D]
Ballyhooley.
It's fifteen years now since [A] we wed, still in [G] every way [D] we're thriving,
Me Jane she is a [A] dandy, yet both down the hill of life [D] she's driving.
[A] The family has increased in store, fifteen daughters all and newly,
But me Jane she is me queen, and I'm the king of [D] [A] Ballyhooley. _ _
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