Chords for Skibbereen

_ _ _ O Father dear, and I often hear [D] you speak of [F#m] Aaron's Isle.
_ [D] Her lofty scenes, [A] her valleys green, _ her [G#m] mountains rude and [F#m] wild. _
They [D] say it is [A] a lovely land wherein a [F#m] prince might dwell.
_ [E] Then why did you [A] abandon it?
[F#m] O, the reason to me tell.
_ My son, I loved my native land [D] with energy and [F#m]
pride.
_ Till a blight came over [A] all my crops, and my sheep [A] and cattle [F#m] died.
_ The [D] rents and taxes [A] were to pay, and I could not them [F#m] redeem.
_ [E] And that's the cruel [A] _ reason I left old _ _ Skiverine.
_ Tis well I do remember _ the [D] bleak November [F#m] day. _
When [D] the bailiff and the [A] landlord came to drive us all [F#m] away. _
_ [D] They set their roof on [A] fire with their cursed [F#m] English gleam. _
And that's [A] another _ reason I left old _ Skiverine. _
O your mother, to God rest her soul, [D] lay on [F#m] the snowy ground. _
[D] She fainted in [A] her languishing, _ seeing the _ [F#m] desolation round.
_ She [D] never rose [A] but passed away from life to immortal dreams.
_ And [E] that's another _ reason I [F#m] left old _ _ Skiverine.
_ O you were only two years old, [D] and feeble was [F#m] your frame.
_ _ I [D] could not leave you [A] with my friends, for you bore your [F#m] father's name. _ _
[D] I wrapped you in [A] my coat some more, at the dead of the night [F#m] unseen.
_ And I [Em] heaved a sigh, [A] and I said goodbye [F#m] to dear old _ _ Skiverine. _
O well father dear, and the day will come, [D] when on vengeance we [F#m] will call.
And [D] _ [A] Irishmen most out and tall, will rally [F#m] unto the call. _
[D] I'll be the [A] man to lead the band, beneath the [F#m] flag of green.
And [E] loud and high, [A] we'll raise the cry, _ [F#m] Revenge for _ Skiverine. _
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