Traditional Irish Music
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Bold O'Donoghue

(Trad.)

                A                              D
O, here I am from Paddy's land, a land of high renown
  E                                                      A
I broke the hearts of all the girls for miles from Keady Town
                                                 D
And when they hear that I'm away they'll raise a hullablloo
     E                                            A
When they hear about the handsome lad they call O'Donoghue

CH
                   A                             D
For I'm the boy to please her and I'm the boy to tease her
E                                                      A
I'm the boy to squeeze her and I'll tell you what I'll do
                                                           D
I'll court her like an Irishman with me brogue and blarney too
        E                                                A
With me rollikin wollikin swollikin gollikin bold O'Donoghue


I wish me love was a red, red rose growing on yon garden wall
And me to be a dew drop and upon her brow I'd fall
Perhaps now she might think of me as a rather heavy dew
No more she'd love the handsome lad they call O'Donoghue


Chorus:	


They say that Queen Victoria has a daughter fine and grand
Perhaps she'd take it into her head for to marry an Irishman
If I could only get the chance to have a word or two
Perhaps she'd take a notion for the bold O'Donoghue


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