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Donegal Danny

Key: D

Introduction:

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          I remember the night that he came in
                                     G                                      D  
          from the wintry cold and damp.
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          A giant of a man in an oilskin coat
                             G                                                                    A  
          and a bundle that told he was a tramp
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          He stood at the bar and he called a pint,
                             G                                                            D  
             then turned and gazed at the fire.
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          "On a night like this to be safe and dry,
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          is my one and only desire."
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So here's to those that are dead and gone,
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the friends that I loved dear.
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And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu,
                                          A                              D              Bm  
saying Donegal Danny's been here me boys,
  D                 A                              D  
Donegal Danny's been here.
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          Then in a voice that was hushed and low,
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          he said 'Listen I'll tell you a tale,
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          how a man of the sea became a man of the roads,
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          and never more will set sail.
                             D                                                         G         D                      G                                 D  
          I've fished out of Howth and Killybegs, Ardglass and Baltimore.
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          But the cruel sea has beaten me,
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             and I'll end my days on the shore."
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          One fateful night in the wind and the rain,
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          we set sail from Killybegs town.
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          There were five of us from sweet Donegal,
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          and one from County Down.
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          We were fishermen who worked the sea,
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          and never counted the cost.
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          But I never thought ere that night was done,
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          that my fine friends would all be lost.
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          Then the storm it broke and drove the boat,
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          to the rocks about ten miles from shore.
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          As we fought the tide we hoped inside,
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          to see our homes once more.
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          Then we struck a rock and holed the bow,
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          and all of us knew that she'd go down.
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          So we jumped right into the icy sea,
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          and prayed to God we wouldn't drown.
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          But the raging sea was rising still,
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          as we struck out for the land.
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          And she fought with all her cruelty,
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          to claim that gallant band.
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          By St John's Point in the early dawn,
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          I dragged myself on the shore.
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          And I cursed the sea for what she'd done,
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          and vowed to sail her never more.
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          Ever since that night I've been on the road,
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          travelling and trying to forget,
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          that awful night I lost all my friends, I see their faces yet.
                     D                                                              G              D  
          And often at night when the sea is high,
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          and the rain is tearing at my skin,
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        I hear the cries of drowning men,
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        floating over on the wind'.