Key: C
Introduction:
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Eileen Óg an’ that the darlin’s name is
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Through the Barony her features they were famous
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If we loved her then who was there to blame us
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For wasn’t she the Pride of Petravore?
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But her beauty made us all so shy
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Not a man could look her in the eye
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Boys, oh boys, sure that’s the reason why
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We’re in mournin’ for the Pride of Petravore
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Eileen Óg me heart is growin’ grey
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Ever since the day you wandered far away
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Eileen Óg there’s good fish in the say
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But there’s none of them like the Pride of Petravore
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Friday at the fair of Ballintubber
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Eileen met McGrath the cattle jobber
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I’d like to set me mark upon the robber
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For he stole away the Pride of Petravore
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He never seemed to see the girl at all
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Even when she ogled him from underneath her shawl
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Lookin’ big and masterful when she was lookin’ small
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Most provokin’ for the Pride of Petravore
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So it went as ’twas in the beginning
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Eileen Óg was bent upon the winning
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Big McGrath contentedly was grinning
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Being courted by the Pride of Petravore
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Sez he: “I know a girl that could knock you into fits”
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At that Eileen nearly lost her wits
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The upshot of the ruction was that now the robber sits
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With his arm around the Pride of Petravore
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Boys, Oh boys, with fate ’tis hard to grapple
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Of my eyes ’tis Eileen was the apple
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Now to see her walkin’ to the chapel
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With the hardest featured man in Petravore
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Now, boys, this is all I have to say
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When you do your courtin’ make no display
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If you want them to run after you, just walk the other way
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For they’re mostly like the Pride of Petravore