Chords for Whistling Gypsy Rover - Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

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[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ See [E] owner come [B] over the hill, [E] down through [B] the valley [E] so [B] shady
[E] He whistled [B] and he sang till the green [C#m] woods rang, [E] and he [A] won the heart [G#m] of [A] a _ _ [B] lady
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_ [B] Adidu [E] adidu [B] daday, [E] _
_ _ adidu _ [B] _ adidaydee
[E] He whistled and [G#m] he sang till the green [C#m] woods [E] rang, and he won the heart of [A] a _ _
[B] lady
_ _ Her father settled up his fastest _ steed, roamed the valleys all over
_ [E] Sought [B] his daughter at [C#m] great speed, [E] and the [A] whistling gypsy _ _ _ [E] _ [B] rover
Come on sing along
_ [E] _ _ Adidu adidu [B] daday, [E] _ _ [B] adidu _ adidaydee
_ [E] He whistled and [B] he sang [E] till the green [C#m] woods rang, [E] and he won the [C#] heart [A#] of [A] a lady
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[E] He came [B] at last [E] to a mansion [B] [E] fine, down by the river _ [B] clady
[E] And there [G#m] was music and there [C#m] was wine, [E] for the gypsy [A] and his _ _ _
[E] lady
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B]
Adidu [E] adidu [B] daday, [E] _ _
adidu _ _ [B] adidaydee
[E] He [B] whistled and he sang till the green woods rang, [E] and he won [A] the [E] heart of [A] a _ _ [E] lady
[B] _ [E] He is [G#m] no gypsy [E] my father [B] he said, [E] but lord [B] of these lands [E] all [B] _ over
[E] And I [B] will stay till my [C#m] dying day, [E] my [A] whistling [G#m] gypsy [A] rover
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[E] _ _ [B] Adidu [E] adidu [B] daday, [E] _ _ [B] _ [E] adidu adidaydee _
He whistled and he sang till the [G#m] green [C#m] woods _ rang, _ [E] and he won [A] the heart of [E] a _ [B] _
lady
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[G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] How _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
are you? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm well
I want you to tell your names, but first middle and any other names Well
_ Tomás Maclannacú is anam dom, and tigintú sin
_ _ _ Now tell us your name
That's my name in Irish, my name in English is Tom Clancy _
I'm Liam Clancy
_ I'm Tommy Macom
I'm Patrick Michael Clancy
_ Patrick Michael Clancy
I never knew he was called Michael
This is Ricardo O'Matoban
And I am Maya Clancy
_ _ _ _ Don't laugh too much
Shalom havarim, shalom _ havarim, shalom, _ _ _ shalom
_ _ You know I was just going to say that boys, I was telling of the wonderful and warm association that goes back zillions of years
Between what is called now Ireland and Erie, and what it ever was called before, and Israel
And I don't know whether you know this or not, but I've been in Dublin more often
And stayed with Milad Briscoe, the mayor
And a great guy
And within a half mile of where he lives is a hill called Mount Kippur, which is a Hebrew word for atone
Called so because 600 years before blessed Christianity, a Hebrew princess said her prayers there
And the first fighters that we had to aid Israel in our fight for democracy and to keep alive and freedom
The first flyers that we had were all Irish, and may the Lord never show you _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Also I'm going to ask you gentlemen, in your travels have you ever gone to Mexico?
Yeah, we've been down to the bullfights a few times
You know we have something in common, historically
Have you ever heard of the Batallon de San Patricio?
Yes, the San Patricio
Tell something about it, it's amazing
_ _ They came out here to fight for the United States Army during the Mexican wars
And they came from a little Catholic country in Ireland
And they took one look at the situation in Mexico and said
My God, these Mexicans are just the same as we were, again with the British breathing down our neck
So they switched sides and formed a battalion fighting for the Mexican Army against the United States Army That's amazing
The Colt St.
Patrick's Brigade was it?
Yes, and they felt more at home in Mexico because their family life was much more similar to the one in Ireland
And of course as you mentioned the religion, so they felt a great affinity with Mexico
And they fought in the Mexican side, so you see, we are related
_ Aren't you fellows responsible for originating the _ word gringo?
Well not us particularly, but the guys who fought [G] in that Spanish war
They [D#] used to sing a song called Green Grows the Lilacs
Green grow the lilacs, and they sang it with [F#] you
And they sang it so much that the next thing, gringo, green grow
Oh it was green grow?
Green grow the lilacs, the cowboys
Oh no, it was a very dirty version called Green Grow the Rushes Oh, [G#] do you remember?
Oh yeah, [N] I don't remember that
What was the version they sang?
We'll do that one later, [C] right now