Key: G
Introduction:
A D
On the Fourth of July, 1806
A D
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
A D
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
A E A
For the Grand City Hall in New York
'Twas a wonderful craft
E
She was rigged fore and aft
A E
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
A
She stood several blasts
D
She had twenty seven masts
A E DA
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of stone
G C G
On the Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and six
D
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
G C G
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
D G
For the Grand City Hall in New York
'Twas a wonderful craft
D
She was rigged fore and aft
G D
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
G
She stood several blasts
C G
She had twenty seven masts
D G
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