G C G
In the sweet county Limerick one cold winter's night
G C D7
All the turf fires were burning when I first saw the light
G C G
And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy
G C D7
As she danced round the room with her slip of a boy
[Refrain]
D7 G C G G D7 G
Singin' bainne na mbo is an gamh-na, and the Juice of the Barley for me
[Verse 2]
G C G
Well when I was a gossoon of eight years old or so
G C D7
With me turf and me primer to school I did go
G C G
To a dusty old school house without any door
G C D7
Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor
[Verse 3]
G C G
At the learning I wasn't such a genius I'm thinking (I wasn't much for poetry, either)
G C D7
But I soon beat the master entirely at drinking
G C G
Not a wake or a wedding for ten miles around
G C D7
But meself in the corner was sure to be found
[Refrain]
G C G G D7 G
Singin' bainne na mbo is an gamh-na, and the Juice of the Barley for me
[Verse 4]
G C G
One Sunday the priest thread me out from the altar
G C D7
Saying you'll end your days with your neck in a halter;
G C G
And you'll dance a fine jig between heaven and hell
G C D7
And his words they did frighten me the truth for to tell
[Verse 5]
G C G
So the very next morning as the dawn it did break
G C D7
I went down to the vestry the pledge for to take
G C G
And there in that room sat them priests in a bunch
G C D7
Round a big roaring fire drinkin' tumblers of punch
[Refrain]
G C G G D7 G
Singin' bainne na mbo is an gamh-na, and the Juice of the Barley for me
[Verse 6]
G C G
Well from that day to this I have wandered alone
G C D7
I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none
G C G
With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor
G C D7
And I'll dance out me days drinking whiskey galore
[Refrain]
G C G G D7 G
Singin' bainne na mbo is an gamh-na, and the Juice of the Barley for me
G C G G D7 G
Singin' bainne na mbo is an gamh-na, and the Juice of the Barley for me
