Artist: | Irish Folk (English) |
User: | Al Brown |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
G Em
I'm on my way down to the quay
C D
Where the ship at anchor lays
G Em
To command a gang of navvies
A7 D
That I was to engage
G Em
But I thought I’d stop in for a drink
C D
Before I went away
Em Em
To take a trip on an immigrant ship
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Chorus]
G Em
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
C D
Farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks
A7 D
To hell with your overtime
G Em
For the good ship Ragamuffin
C D
She’s lying at the quay
Em Em
To take old Pat with the shovel on his back
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Verse 2]
G Em
The boss came up this morning
C D
He said "Well Pat, you know,
G Em
If you don't get your navvies out,
A7 D
I'm afraid you'll have to go,”
G Em
So I asked him for me wages
C D
I demanded all me pay,
Em Em
Then I told him straight I’m a-gonna immigrant
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Chorus]
G Em
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
C D
Farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks
A7 D
To hell with your overtime
G Em
For the good ship Ragamuffin
C D
She’s lying at the quay
Em Em
To take ould Pat with the shovel on his back
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Verse 3]
G Em
The best years of our lives have been
C D
While working on the docks
G Em
And building mighty bosun-quays
A7 D
Of earth and ballast-rocks,
G Em
Our pensions keep our lives secure,
C D
But I’ll not rue that day
Em Em
When I take a trip on an immigrant ship
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Chorus]
G Em
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
C D
Farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks
A7 D
To hell with your overtime
G Em
For the good ship Ragamuffin
C D
She’s lying at the quay
Em Em
To take ould Pat with the shovel on his back
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
[Interlude]
G Em C D
G Em A7 D
G Em C D
Em Em D G
[Verse 4]
G Em
And when I reach Ontario
C D
I'll go and search for gold
G Em
There's plenty there for the digging up
A7 D
Or so I have been told
G Em
Or else I’ll go back to my trade
C D
And a hundred bricks I’ll lay
Em Em
Because I lift eight hours on a shift
D G
On the shores of Thunder Bay
[Chorus]
G Em
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
C D
Farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks
A7 D
To hell with your overtime
G Em
For the good ship Ragamuffin
C D
She’s lying at the quay
Em Em
To take ould Pat with the shovel on his back
D G
To the shores of Thunder Bay
Em Em
To take old Pat with the shovel on his back
D EM
To the shores of Thunder Bay