Basically the whole song just goes C G F C.
(You can omit the F if you like)
Intro (flutes): x4
VERSE I:
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In the days I went a courtin ,
I was never tired resortin .
To an ale house or a playhouse,
And many s the house besides
But I told me brother Seamus,
I d go off and be right famous,
And I never would return again,
Until I roamed the worldwide.
CHORUS:
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Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin,
Sure I m sick and tired of workin
No more I ll dig for praties,
And no longer I ll be fooled
As sure as me name is Carney,
I ll be off to Californy
Where instead of digging praties,
I ll be digging lumps of gold.
Inst. (flutes): x1
VERSE II:
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I ve courted girls in Blarney,
in Kanturk and in Killarney
In passage and in Queenstown,
that is the Cobh of Cork.
Goodbye to all this pleasure,
I ll be off to take me leisure
And the next time that you ll hear from me,
will be a letter from New York.
CHORUS:
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Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin,
I m sick and tired of workin
No more I ll dig for praties,
And no longer I ll be fooled
As sure as me name is Carney,
I ll be off to Californy
Where instead of digging praties,
I ll be digging lumps of gold.
VERSE III:
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Goodbye to the girls at home,
I m going far across the foam.
To try and make me fortune,
in far Amerikay.
There s gold and jewels and plenty,
For the poor and for the gentry
And when I return again,
I never more will say:
CHORUS:
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Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin,
Sure I m sick and tired of workin
No more I ll dig for praties,
And no longer I ll be fooled
As sure as me name is Carney,
I ll be off to Californy
Where instead of digging praties,
I ll be digging lumps of gold.
Inst.: to fadeout.