Farewell To Dublin lyrics and chords

Farewell To Dublin Is A Love song, not about loving a woman, but about loving the place you were born and raised in, and in this case it's the City Of Dublin. The song was recorded by Irish ballad group The Wolfe Tones and written by Brian Warfield who's the banjo player and sometimes singer with the group, also recorded by Paddy Reilly. The first version of the guitar chords are in the key of C and that's the key that Tommy Byrne and The Wolfe Tones play the song in. Other really well known songs about Dublin and it's inhabitants include the song Molly Malone .

Fare[C] thee well until we meet again down [F] by the [Dm] Liffey[G] water
I'll[C] bid farewell to Dublin and her[F] streets of cobble[C]stones
I'm going away to[F] leave you, my [C] friends and [G] all the[G7] girls, [G] too
Till[C] I return to [F] see you, fare[G]well old [G7] Dublin[G] town.
 
To the [C] city of our fathers, where [F] friends and [Dm] foe have [G] gathered
Where the [C] Norman, Dane and Saxon have [F] mingled with the [C] Gael
Administered the [F] kingdom but [C] soon the [G] Pale was [G7] ree[G]ling
To [C] cradle Ireland's [F] freedom in [G] dear old [G7] Dublin [G]  town.
 
Down [C] by the river Poddle there was [F] whiskey, [Dm] stout and [G] coddle
It was [C] there with all the gentle folk, we [F] laughed and danced then [C] sang
And courted with your [F] daughters and [C] swam a[G]round your [G7] wa[G]ters
And [C] seen our buildings [F] slaughtered in[G] dear old [G7] Dublin [G]  town.
 
I re[C]member in my childhood her [F] mountains [Dm] and her [G] wildwoods
I'd [C] read of all her heroes in the [F] classroom as a [C] boy
Of Thomas Street where [F] Emmet died, in [C] Sackville [G] Street they [G7] fought with [G] pride
Of the [C] times when brave Wolfe [F] Tone did ride through [G] dear old [G7] Dublin [G] town.
 
Her [C] poets they were many and her [F] writers [Dm] they were [G] plenty
There was [C] Swift with all his little folk and [F] Joyce and Molly [C] Bloom
Our heroes they're an [F] unsung gang, there's [C] Forty [G] Coats and [G7] ould Bang [G] Bang
And [C] Zozimus who [F] always sang of [G] dear old [G7] Dublin [G]  town.
 
And [C] now I'm standing on the quay, my [F] destin[Dm]y's un[G]certain
Where [C] fortunes have lost and won with the [F] dealing of a [C] hand
The past it is a [F] purple haze, the [C] future [G] is an [G7] untold [G] maze
The [C] present is a[F]nother gaze at [G] dear old [G7] Dublin [G]  town.

Irish Lyrics An Chords C-F

Here's the guitar chords in the key of G For Farewell To Dublin

Fare[G] thee well until we meet again down [C] by the [Am] Liffey[D] water
I'll[G] bid farewell to Dublin and her[C] streets of cobble[G]stones
I'm going away to[C] leave you, my [G] friends and [D] all the[D7] girls, [D] too
Till[G] I return to [C] see you, fare[D]well old [D7] Dublin[D] town.
 
To the [G] city of our fathers, where [C] friends and [Am] foe have [D] gathered
Where the [G] Norman, Dane and Saxon have [C] mingled with the [G] Gael
Administered the [C] kingdom but [G] soon the [D] Pale was [D7] ree[D]ling
To [G] cradle Ireland's [C] freedom in [D] dear old [D7] Dublin [D]  town.
 
Down [G] by the river Poddle there was [C] whiskey, [Am] stout and [D] coddle
It was [G] there with all the gentle folk, we [C] laughed and danced then [G] sang
And courted with your [C] daughters and [G] swam a[D]round your [D7] wa[D]ters
And [G] seen our buildings [C] slaughtered in[D] dear old [D7] Dublin [D]  town.
 
I re[G]member in my childhood her [C] mountains [Am] and her [D] wildwoods
I'd [G] read of all her heroes in the [C] classroom as a [G] boy
Of Thomas Street where [C] Emmet died, in [G] Sackville [D] Street they [D7] fought with [D] pride
Of the [G] times when brave Wolfe [C] Tone did ride through [D] dear old [D7] Dublin [D] town.
 
Her [G] poets they were many and her [C] writers [Am] they were [D] plenty
There was [G] Swift with all his little folk and [C] Joyce and Molly [G] Bloom
Our heroes they're an [C] unsung gang, there's [G] Forty [D] Coats and [D7] ould Bang [D] Bang
And [G] Zozimus who [C] always sang of [D] dear old [D7] Dublin [D]  town.
 
And [G] now I'm standing on the quay, my [C] destin[Am]y's un[D]certain
Where [G] fortunes have lost and won with the [C] dealing of a [G] hand
The past it is a [C] purple haze, the [G] future [D] is an [D7] untold [D] maze
The [G] present is a[C]nother gaze at [D] dear old [D7] Dublin [D]  t