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Subject: "John O'Reilly" by "Charlie Robinson
'John o'Reilly'
Charlie Robinson
>From album Step Right Up
Transcribed and submitted by Jeff Brockman
[D]
[G]
My name is John O'Reilly And my father worked the fields
[D]
[A]
In the hills of ol' Kilarney Where I helped him turn the wheels
[D] [G]
My arms grew hard as iron For a boy of 17
[D] [A]
[D]
And I used my fists for gamblin' In those wet Kilarney streets
[D] [G]
Well the ship left for America I took my pack aboard
[D]
[A]
Said goodbye to my dear Ireland Said a prayer to my dear Lord
[D]
[G]
I fought those sorry guineas In the kitchen they called hell
[D] [A]
[D]
I fought 'em for their dollar And those guineas paid me well
CHORUS:
[D]
[G]
Fair thee well fair Dover Fair thee well your seasons turn
[D] [A]
[D]
For my pockets will be jingling On the day of my return The day of my
return
[D] [G]
I fought in New York City and I Fought the Jersey shore
[D] [A]
My gut stayed full o' whiskey My bed stayed full o' whores
[D]
[G]
They called my right a cannonball My left they called the same
[D] [A] [D]
I left 'em all a lyin' half in blood And the other half in shame
[D] [G]
I met a man on '32 and he stuck out his hand
[D] [A]
He offered me a 1,000 if I'd fall before his man
[D] [G]
I said it could be done but only for another two
[D] [A] [D]
He smiled at me and nodded as I Stuck in my shoe
CHORUS:
[D]
[G]
Fair thee well fair Dover Fair thee well your seasons turn
[D] [A]
[D]
For my pockets will be jingling On the day of my return The day of my
return
[D] [G]
They rang the bell two times Before I let I'd have my nose
[D] [A]
I let him work my left until My eye was swollen closed
[D] [G]
Then I let loose a right that they Still talk about today
[D] [A] [D]
For that guinea didn't know that I had bet the other way
[D] [G]
They covered every dock at every Port there on the coast
[D] [A]
Lookin' for the double crosser Who had turned into a ghost
[D] [G]
But I was on a train my friend That rolled the other way
[D] [A] [D]
I I'll sail from California back To Dublin one fine day
CHORUS:
[D]
[G]
Fair thee well fair Dover Fair thee well your seasons turn
[D] [A]
[D]
For my pockets will be jingling On the day of my return The day of my
return
[D]
[G]
Fair thee well fair Dover Fair thee well your seasons turn
[D] [A]
[D]
For my pockets will be jingling On the day of my return The day of my
return
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