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[Verse]
 G                               C          G 
My father left old Ireland so many years ago,
   D                                                        G 
He left is home in Galway where the green, green Shamrocks grow
                            C                G 
He meet my darling Mother on a boat to Newfoundland,
        D                                                G 
And it didn't take him long before he won her heart and hand,
 G                                C             G 
They both came to this Island as happy as could be,
   D                                G 
To settle down together to raise a family,
                                 C           G 
They built a little cottage and started to combine,
     D                                          G 
The green of the Shamrock with the green of the Pine
 
 
[Chorus]
    G                               C              G 
From an Island to an Island from the green to the green,
    D                                                  G 
They left their homes to settle in a place the'd never seen,
 
They exchanged the hills of Newfoundland
       C                   G 
For the ones they'd left behind,
     D                                          G 
The green of the Shamrock for the green of the pine
 
 
[Verse]
 G                                    C                        G 
As their family grew around them their eyes shone bright with pride,
       D                                               G 
They'd go to church each Sunday morn strolling side by side,
                                   C              G 
Each evening round the turf-fire to heaven would ascend.
     D                                 G 
The decades of the Rosary for all in Ireland.
 G                                       C                 G 
Now the years passed by so quickly and death we all must face,
 D                                                G 
We laid our loving parents in their final resting place,
                                      C                G 
They taught us to be thankful for the heritage that's mine,
    D                                           G 
The green of the Shamrock and the green of the Pine
 
 
[Chorus]
     G                               C             G 
From an Island to an Island from the green to the green,
     D                                                  G 
They left their homes to settle in a place the'd never seen,
 
They exchanged the hills of Newfoundland
        C                  G 
For the ones they'd left behind,
     D                                          G 
The green of the Shamrock for the green of the pine
         D                                           G 
TAG: The green of the Shamrock with the green of the Pine