Chords for Louise Morrissey - in an irish country home - irish music.wmv

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_ [F#] [B] In an Irish country home, one evening [F#] long ago, sat an old man and his little [B] daughter Nell. _
_ Said the girl with Irish flee, as she played on [F#] Papa's knee,
You promised me a story you [B] would tell.
[E] _ [B] _
_ [F#] [B] Come tell me of the past, of my mother [F#] dear, she asked.
Come tell me how she used to look, [B] she cried. _ _
_ Handsome Nell, the old man said, as he slowly [F#] bent his head,
Tears were in his eyes, he then [B] replied,
[E] _ [B] _
[F#] She [B] was sweeter than the blossoms [F#] on the clover, _
_ She was fairer than the evening [B] sunset glow, _ _ _ But I'll never _ forget how [F#] much I loved her. _
When your mother took my name long, [B] long ago.
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_ [C] We were married, she and I, and in every way [G] we tried,
To make us a home of [C] happiness. _ _
_ Till one bright September's morn, on the day that you [G] were born,
God took her to _ [C] a home above.
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_ [G] [C] She was sweeter than the blossoms [G] on the clover, _ _
She was fairer than the evening [C] sunset glow, _ _ But I'll never forget how [G] much I loved her. _
_ When your mother took my name long, [C] long ago.
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_ [G] [C] In an Irish country home, one evening [N] long ago.