• Song:

    The Irish Washerwoman

  • Artist:

    Misc Traditional

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The Irish Washerwoman chords (for the acoustic guitar)
Traditional Irish Jig (words by George Colman the Elder The Surrender of Calais 1791)

Am D G

GWhen (320003@1)I was at home, I was merry and frisky.
   Am (x02210@1)                               DMy (xx0232@1)dad kept a pig, but my mother sold whiskey.
   G (320003@1)               
My uncle was rich, but ne er could be easy,
     Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)       Gtill (320003@1)I was enlisted by Corporal Casey.
     GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub, row-de-dow, Corporal Casey,
   Am (x02210@1)                                   Dmy (xx0232@1)dear little Shelah I thought would run crazy
     GWhen (320003@1)I trudged away with tough Corporal Casey,
     Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)         GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub row-de-row, Shelah my love.

GI (320003@1)marched from Kilkenny, but as I was thinking,
   Don (xx0232@1)Shelah, my heart in my bosom was sinking.
    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)       GBut (320003@1)soon I was forced to look fresh as a daisy,
    Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)           Gfor (320003@1)fear of a drubbin  from Corporal Casey.
     GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub, row-de-dow, Corporal Casey,
    Dthe (xx0232@1)devil go with him, I ne er could be lazy
   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)     GHe (320003@1)struck my shirts so, old Corporal Casey,
     Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)         Goch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub row-de-row, Shelah my dear.

GWe (320003@1)went into battle, I took the blows fairly,
     Am (x02210@1)                                  Dthat (xx0232@1)fell on my pate, but they bothered me rarely.
    G (320003@1)                     
And who should the first be that dropped? Why, and please you,
          Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)    Git (320003@1)was my good friend, honest Corporal Casey.
     GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub, row-de-dow, Corporal Casey,
       Am (x02210@1)                             Dthinks (xx0232@1)I,  You are quiet and I shall be easy.
   GSo (320003@1)eight years I fought without Corporal Casey,
     Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)         GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub row-de-row, Shelah my gal.

GI (320003@1)marched from Kilkenny, but as I was thinking,
   Don (xx0232@1)Shelah, my heart in my bosom was sinking.
    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)       GBut (320003@1)soon I was forced to look fresh as a daisy,
    Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)           Gfor (320003@1)fear of a drubbin  from Corporal Casey.
     GOch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub, row-de-dow, Corporal Casey,
    Dthe (xx0232@1)devil go with him, I ne er could be lazy
   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)     GHe (320003@1)struck my shirts so, old Corporal Casey,
     Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)         Goch, (320003@1)rub-a-dub row-de-row, Shelah my dear.

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