ERIN'S LOVELY HOME Lyrics And Guitar Chords
6/8 (Trad. Arr., Karan Casey & Kris Drever) The chords are the work of Marc Fahrbach and the song is a request for Tom Quinn. Also recorded by Kathie Ryan and Sean Keane. Other ballads on the site that were recorded by Sean Keane include Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears Song which is more known than this song .
Come (G)all you sons of (D7)Paddy’s (G)land and listen (D7)onto (G)me
-(GSus4) -(G)
Till I re(D7)late of the (Am)hardships (G)great a crossing (D)o’er the (Em)sea
For the (G)want of (D7)bred ten (Am)thousands (G)fled so far a(D)cross the (Em)foam
And (G)left the land where (D7)they were (G)born called Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home.
Black (G)forty seven I’ll (D7)never for(G)get when the fever it (D7)stalked the (G)land -(GSus4) -(G)
And the famine (D7)without (Am)mercy (G)it stretched forth it’s (D)dreadful (Em)hand
There’s (G)many the (D7)child in (Am)cold death (G)lay their parents (D)they did (Em)mourn
While the (G)landlord’s agents pulled (D7)down our (G)roofs in Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home.
My (G)father, was a (D7)farming (G)man - reared to (D7)indus(G)try -(GSus4) -(G)
He (G)had two (D7)sons, they (Am)were men (G)strong, and lovely (D)daughters (Em)three
Our (G)farm was too (D7)small to (Am)feed us (G)all so some of us (D)had to (Em)roam
With (G)sisters two I (D7)bid a(G)dieu to Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home
My (G)father sold the (D7)second (G)cow and he borrowed (D7)twenty (G)pounds -(GSus4) -(G)
And in the (D7)merry (Am)month of (G)May we sailed from (D)Sligo (Em)town
There were (G)thousands (D7)more left u(Am)pon the (G)shore all anxious (D)for to (Em)roam
And (G)leave the land where (D7)they were (G)born called Erin's (D7)lovely (G)home
We were (G)scarcely seven (D7)days at (G)sea when the fever it (D7)plagued our (G)crew -(GSus4) -(G)
They were falling (D7)like the (Am)autumn (G)leaves bidding friends and (D)life a(Em)dieu
Now the (G)raging (D7)waves sweep (Am)o’er their (G)graves, amidst the (D)ocean (Em)foam
Our (G)friends may mourn for we'll (D7)never re(G)turn to Erin's (D7)lovely (G)home
My (G)loving sisters they (D7)both took (G)ill and their lives they were (D7)taken a(G)wa -(GSus4) -(G)
And oh it (D7)grieved my (Am)heart full (G)sore for to cast them (D)in the (Em)sea
Down (G)in the (D7)deep now (Am)they do (G)sleep they never (D)more will (Em)roam
But in (G)heaven I’ll meet with my (D7)sisters (G)sweet from Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home
Now I’m (G)in the land of (D7)liber(G)ty where plenty it (D7)does a(G)bound -(GSus4) -(G)
Where the labouring (D7)man gets (Am)full re(G)ward for the tilling (D)of his (Em)ground
There’s (G)naught I can (D7)see that can (Am)comfort (G)me as an exile (D)I must (Em)roam
And (G)end my days far (D7)far a(G)way from Erin’s (D7)lovely (
Till I re(D7)late of the (Am)hardships (G)great a crossing (D)o’er the (Em)sea
For the (G)want of (D7)bred ten (Am)thousands (G)fled so far a(D)cross the (Em)foam
And (G)left the land where (D7)they were (G)born called Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home.
Black (G)forty seven I’ll (D7)never for(G)get when the fever it (D7)stalked the (G)land -(GSus4) -(G)
And the famine (D7)without (Am)mercy (G)it stretched forth it’s (D)dreadful (Em)hand
There’s (G)many the (D7)child in (Am)cold death (G)lay their parents (D)they did (Em)mourn
While the (G)landlord’s agents pulled (D7)down our (G)roofs in Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home.
My (G)father, was a (D7)farming (G)man - reared to (D7)indus(G)try -(GSus4) -(G)
He (G)had two (D7)sons, they (Am)were men (G)strong, and lovely (D)daughters (Em)three
Our (G)farm was too (D7)small to (Am)feed us (G)all so some of us (D)had to (Em)roam
With (G)sisters two I (D7)bid a(G)dieu to Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home
My (G)father sold the (D7)second (G)cow and he borrowed (D7)twenty (G)pounds -(GSus4) -(G)
And in the (D7)merry (Am)month of (G)May we sailed from (D)Sligo (Em)town
There were (G)thousands (D7)more left u(Am)pon the (G)shore all anxious (D)for to (Em)roam
And (G)leave the land where (D7)they were (G)born called Erin's (D7)lovely (G)home
We were (G)scarcely seven (D7)days at (G)sea when the fever it (D7)plagued our (G)crew -(GSus4) -(G)
They were falling (D7)like the (Am)autumn (G)leaves bidding friends and (D)life a(Em)dieu
Now the (G)raging (D7)waves sweep (Am)o’er their (G)graves, amidst the (D)ocean (Em)foam
Our (G)friends may mourn for we'll (D7)never re(G)turn to Erin's (D7)lovely (G)home
My (G)loving sisters they (D7)both took (G)ill and their lives they were (D7)taken a(G)wa -(GSus4) -(G)
And oh it (D7)grieved my (Am)heart full (G)sore for to cast them (D)in the (Em)sea
Down (G)in the (D7)deep now (Am)they do (G)sleep they never (D)more will (Em)roam
But in (G)heaven I’ll meet with my (D7)sisters (G)sweet from Erin’s (D7)lovely (G)home
Now I’m (G)in the land of (D7)liber(G)ty where plenty it (D7)does a(G)bound -(GSus4) -(G)
Where the labouring (D7)man gets (Am)full re(G)ward for the tilling (D)of his (Em)ground
There’s (G)naught I can (D7)see that can (Am)comfort (G)me as an exile (D)I must (Em)roam
And (G)end my days far (D7)far a(G)way from Erin’s (D7)lovely (
Sean Keane song Erin's lovely home
