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Come Back Paddy Reilly by Percy French 




       Come Back Paddy Reilly 






3/4 Time sig:

[Intro]

D D7 G D
Bm A7 D


[Verse 1]

    D         D7       G             D
The Garden of Eden has vanished they say
    Bm          A7       D
But I know the lie of it still
     D           D7          G            D
Just turn to the left at the bridge of Finea
     Bm           A          D
And stop when halfway to Coothill
     G                       D            Bm
It's there I will find it I know sure enough
     A             E7        A7
When fortune has come to my call
       D           D7           G         D
Oh the grass it is green around Ballyjamesduff
        Bm          A7      D
And the blue sky is over it all
    G                         D               Bm
And tones that are tender and tones that are gruff
     A         E7       A7
Are whispering over the sea,
     D          D7        G         D
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
     Bm         A7        D
Come back Paddy Reilly to me


[Verse 2]

    D          D7                G     D
My mother once told me that when I was born
    Bm          A7           D
The day that I first saw the light
         D        D7             G          D
I looked down the street on that very first morn
     Bm           A         D
And gave a great crow of delight
     G                     D         Bm
Now most new born babies appear in a huff
     A             E7        A7
And start with a sorrowful squall
       D           D7         G         D
But I know I was born down in Ballyjamesduff
     Bm           A7            D
And that's why I smile on them all
    G                           D        Bm
The baby's a man now, he's toil-worn and tough
         A           E7       A7
Still whispers from over the sea
     D          D7        G         D
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
     Bm         A7        D
Come back Paddy Reilly to me


[Verse 3]

    D             D7            G            D
The night that we danced by the light of the moon
      Bm          A7            D
With Phil to the fore with his flute
     D              D7       G          D
When Phil threw his lip over Come Again Soon
     Bm        A                D
He'd dance the foot out of your boot
     G                     D           Bm
The day that I took Long Magee by the scruff
     A         E7       A7
For slandering Rosie Kilrain
       D           D7             G         D
Then marching him straight out of Ballyjamesduff
   Bm          A7      D
Assisted him into a drain
    G                         D        Bm
Oh sweet are me dreams as the dudeen I puff
     A         E7       A7
Of whisperings over the sea
     D          D7        G         D
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
     Bm         A7        D
Come back Paddy Reilly to me


[Verse 4]

     D             D7         G       D
I've loved the young women of ev-er-y land
     Bm          A7      D
That always came easy to me
     D           D7            G            D
Just barring the belles of the Black-a-more brand
    Bm         A         D
And chocolate shapes of Feegee
    G                       D            Bm
But that sort of stuff is a moon-shining stuff
     A          E7        A7
And never will raddle me brain
       D           D7        G         D
For bells will be ringing in Ballyjamesduff
    Bm        A7       D
For me and me Rosie Kilrain
    G                  D             Bm
And all through their glamour, their gass and their guff
  A             E7       A7
A whisper comes over the sea
     D          D7        G         D
Come back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
     Bm         A7        D
Come back Paddy Reilly to me









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