Chords for Kilkelly Ireland

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[Dm] Hill Kelly _ Island, [F] _ eighteen and sixty, [C] My dear and loving [Dm] son _ John,
Your good friend the _ _ [F] schoolmaster, Pat _ McNamara, [C] So good as to write these [Dm] words _ down.
[F] Your brothers have all [C] gone to find work in England, [Dm] The house is so empty [C] and sad, _ _
[Dm] The crop of potatoes [F] is surely infected, _
[C] The pork too, half of [Dm] them _ bad. _ _
[F] And your sister _ [C] Bridget and Patrick _ O'Donnell [Bb] Are going to be married [A] in June, _ _
[Dm] Your _ mother says [C]
not to [F] work on the railroad, [C] And be sure to come on [D] home _ soon.
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Hill Kelly _ [F] Island, eighteen and seventy, [C] My _ dear and loving [Dm] son John, _ _ _
Hello to your missus [F] and to your four children, [C] May they grow healthy [Dm] and strong. _ _
[F] And Michael has got [C] in a wee bit of trouble, I [Dm] suppose he never [C] will learn, _ _ _
[Dm] Because of the dampness [F] there's no turf to speak [C] of, And now we have nothing [Dm] to burn.
_ And [F] _ Bridget is happy [C] you named a child for her, [Bb] Although she has six [A] of her own, _
[Dm] You say you found work, [F] but you don't say what kind, [C] But when _ you'll be [Dm] coming home. _ _ _
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[F] Hill Kelly Island, _
[C] eighteen and eighty, _ _ [Dm] Dear Michael and John, my sons, _
I'm sorry to give you the very sad [F] news, That your dear old mother has [C] gone.
_ _ We buried her [Dm] down at the church in Hill Kelly, Your [F] brothers and Bridget were there,
_ You [C] don't have to worry, she died very quickly, [Dm] _ _ _ Remember her [D] in your prayers. _ _ _
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[F] And it's so good to hear [C] that Michael's returning, [Bb] With money he'll surely [A] buy your land, _ _
[Dm] For the crop has been poor [F] and the people are selling, _
[C] At any price that [Dm] they can.
_ _ Hill _ Kelly _ [F] Island, _ eighteen and eighty, [C] My dear and loving [D] son [Dm] John, _ _
I suppose that I [F] must be close on eighty, [C] It's thirty years since [Dm] you've gone.
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Because _ of all [C] of the money you sent me, [Dm] I'm still living out on [C] my own. _ _ _
[Dm] _ Michael has built [F] himself a fine house, [C] And _ Bridget's daughters are [Dm] grown.
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[F] Thank you for sending [C]
your _ family's picture, [Bb] Their lovely young women [A] and men, _ _ _
[Dm] To say that you [C] might even [F] come for a visit, [C] What joy to see you [Dm] _ again. _ _
Hill Kelly _ Island, [F] _ eighteen and ninety, _
[C] _ My _ dear [Dm] brother John, _ _
I'm sorry I didn't [F] write sooner to tell you, [C] _ _ That father [D] passed [Dm] on.
_ He [F] was living with Bridget, [C] she says he was cheerful [Dm] and healthy, Right down to [C] the end. _ _
[Dm] And you should have seen him [F] there with the grandchildren, [C] Of Pat and Magna Mater, [Dm] your friend.
_ _ And [F] we _ buried him _
[C] alongside of Mother, [Bb] Down at the Hill Kelly [A] churchyard. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] He was a strong [F] and a feisty old man, _
[C] Considering his life was [Dm] so hard.
_ _ And [F] it's funny the way [C] he kept talking about you, [Bb] He called for you at [A] the end. _ _ _
[Dm] Why don't you think [F] about coming to visit, _
[C] We'd all love to see [Dm] you again. _ _ _ _ _
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