Cifras
Kilkelly

Tom: B

Introdução:

Bm  
Bm                                            D                                 A                                                 Bm  
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John
                                                                                          D                                            A  
Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good
                                                                Bm  
As to write these words down.
             D                                                                 A  
Your brothers have all gone to find work in England,
          Bm                                                    A  
The house is so empty and sad
          Bm                                              D  
The crop of potatoes is sorely infected,
     A                                                            Bm  
A third to a half of them bad.
          D                                                         A  
And your sister Brigid and Patrick O'Donnell
          Bm                                                      A  
Are going to be married in June.
             Bm                                            D  
Your mother says not to work on the railroad
                  A                                                    Bm  
And be sure to come on home soon.
Bm                                            D                         A                                                 Bm  
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 70, dear and loving son John
                                                          D  
Hello to your Mrs and to your 4 children,
                        A                                                         Bm  
May they grow to be healthy and strong.
D                                                    A  
Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble,
     Bm                                                            A  
I guess that he never will learn.
     Bm                                                                         D  
Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of
          A                                                         Bm  
And now we have nothing to burn.
          D                                                    A  
And Brigid is happy, you named a child for her
          Bm                                                            A  
And now she's got six of her own.
          Bm                                                                    D  
You say you found work, but you won't say
                                  A                                                            Bm  
What kind or when you will be coming home.
Bm                                            D                         A                                                                 Bm  
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 80, dear Michael and John, my sons
                                                                     D  
I'm sorry to give you the very sad news
                          A                                                 Bm  
That your dear old mother has gone.
        D                                                         A  
We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly,
             Bm                                                            A  
Your brothers and Brigid were there.
Bm                                                                                 D  
And you don't have to worry, she died very quickly,
     A                                              Bm  
Remember her in your prayers.
                        D                                                    A  
And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning,
             Bm                                                      A  
With money he's sure to buy land
Bm                                                                                      D  
For the crop has been poor and the people
          A                                                                              Bm  
Are selling at any price that they can.
Bm                                            D              A                                                                    Bm  
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 90, my dear and loving son John
                                                             D  
I guess that I must be close on to eighty,
             A                                                                 Bm  
It's thirty years since you're gone.
     D                                                 A  
Because of all of the money you send me,
          Bm                                                      A  
I'm still living out on my own.
          Bm                                                 D  
And Michael has built himself a fine house
          A                                                            Bm  
And Brigid's daughters have grown.
D                                                                    A  
Thank you for sending your family picture,
                     Bm                                                      A  
They're lovely young women and men.
          Bm                                                         D  
You say that you might even come for a visit,
                  A                                      Bm  
What a joy to see you again.
Bm                                            D              A                                                 Bm  
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 92, my dear brother John
                                                                D                                      A                                                                      Bm  
I'm sorry that I didn't write sooner to tell you that father passed on.
                  D                                                            A  
He was living with Brigid, she says he was cheerful
          Bm                                                              A  
And healthy right down to the end.
     Bm                                                              D  
Ah, you should have seen him play with
                                                        A                                              Bm  
The grandchildren of Pat McNamara, your friend.
                  D                                                            A  
And we buried him alongside of your poor mother,
Bm                                                                 A  
Down at the Kilkelly churchyard.
          Bm                                                    D  
Oh, he was a strong and a feisty old man,
        A                                                              Bm  
Considering his life was so hard.
                        D                                                      A  
And it's funny the way he kept talking about you,
        Bm                                                    A  
He called for you in the end.
          Bm                                                              D  
Oh, why don't you think about coming to visit,
             A                                                    D  
We'd all love to see you again.