Kilkelly - Mick Moloney Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ Hill Kelly, _ Ireland, [G] _ _ _ 1860, [D] my _ dear and [A] loving [Em] son John
_ _ Your good friend, the _ [G] schoolmaster, Pat _ _ McNamara, [D] so good as to write these [Em] words down
_ _ [G] Your brothers have [Am] all [G] got to [D] find work in England, [G] _ [C] the house is so empty and [D] _ [G] sad
[Bm] _ _ [Em] The crop of potatoes [G] is sorely infected, _ [D] a third to a half of [Em] them bad
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And your sister [Am] Bridget [G] [D] and Patrick _ [Em] O'Donnell [C] are going to be married [D] in [Bm] June _ _
[Em] Mother _ _ says not [G] to work on the railroad, [D] be sure to come on [Em] home _ soon
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_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Hill Kelly, _ Ireland, [G] _ _ _ _ 1870, [D] my dear and loving [Em] son _ John
[D] _ _ [Em] Hello to your missus [G] and to your four children, [D] may they grow healthy [Em] and _ strong
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Michael has [Am] got [G] in [D] a wee bit of [G] trouble, [C] I suppose that he never will [D] learn
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_ [Em] Because of the dampness [G]
there's no turf to speak of, [D] and now we have nothing to [Em] burn
And _ [G] _ _ Bridget is [Am]
[G] happy, you [D] named a child [C] for her, although she's got six [D] of them
You [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] say you've found work, [G] but you don't say what kind, _ [D] when you will be [Em] coming home _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Hill Kelly, _ Ireland, [G] _ _ _ 1880, _ [D] dear Michael _ John, my [Em] son _
[G] _ _ [Em] I'm sorry to give you the [G] very sad news, [D] that your dear old mother [Em] has gone
We [D] _ [G] buried her down at the [D] church in [G] Hill Kelly, [D] [C] the brothers and Bridget [D] were there
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] Don't have to worry, she [G] died very quickly, _ [D] _ remember her and her [Em] _ _ prayers _
[G] And it's so good to [Am] hear [G] that [D] _
Michael's [G] returning, with [C] money he's sure to [D] buy land
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For [Em] the crop has been poor [G] and the people are selling [D] at _ any price that [Em] they _ can _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Hill Kelly, Ireland, [G] _ _ 1890, _ [D] my _ dear and loving [Em] son John
_ _ I suppose that I must be [G] close on eighty, _ [D] it's thirty years since [Em] you've gone _ _
[G] Because _ of all of [D] the money you sent me, [C] I'm still living out on [D] my own
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_ _ _ [Em] Michael has built [G] himself a fine house, [D] and _ Bridget's daughters [Em] are grown
_ And [G] thank you for sending [D] your family [Em] picture, [C] their lovely young women [D] and men
_ _ _ [Em] They say that you might [G] even come for a visit, [D] what a joy to see [Em] you again _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] Hill Kelly, Ireland, [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] 1892, _ my dear brother [Em] _ John _
[G] _ _ [Em] I'm sorry I didn't [G] write sooner to tell [D] you, _ that father _ [Em] passed on
He [G] was living with Bridget, she [D] says he was cheerful [C] and healthy right down to the [D] _ [Bm] end
_ _ [Em] You should have seen him [G] playing with the _ grandchildren _ [D] at _ McMorrow, your [Em] _ friend _ _
[G] And we buried [Am] _ [G] him [D]
alongside of [Em] mother, [C] down at Hill Kelly _ [D] _ churchyard
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_ [Em] He was a strong [G] and a feisty old man, _ [D]
considering his life so [Em] _ _
hard
_ [G] And it's funny the way he [D] kept talking about you, [C] he called for you [D] at the end
[Bm] Oh _ _ [Em]
why don't you think [G] about coming to visit, _ [D] we'd all love to [Em] see you again _ _
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