Oro Oro Lyrics And Chords By The Fureys And Davie Arthur

Written by Finbar Furey with guitar chords by Marc Fahrbach, the tune was borrowed from the Padraig Pearse marching song 'Óró Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile [ lyrics ]'  . A song of emigration to find work and leave the land behind. Alas the story in the song has come back again to haunt the Irish. The politicians have run our great little country into the ground while they were in the hands of the greedy builders and developers.

[Em)Oro, oro,
(D)oro Abhaile Michael
(Em)O Ro Se do Bheatha A(D)bhaile
But (Em)find us (D)bloody (Em)work there
 
From (Em)Donegal to the County Kerry,
From (D)Belfast City to the hills of Derry
We (Em)come from Clare, from Meath and (D)Mayo
To (Em)work a(D)cross the (Em)ocean
 
Chorus
 
I (Em)see Rossleare and the Wexford Harbor
The (D)Waterford coast with the fishing trawler
We (Em)crossed Kildare right through to (D)Carlow
To (Em)work a(D)cross the (Em)ocean
 
Chorus
 
I'm (Em)tired of leaving the hills of Galway
I'm (D)fed up with sailing away from Dublin
We (Em)just left Limerick and Cork be(D)hind us
To (Em)work a(D)cross the (Em)ocean
 
Chorus
 
I'm (Em)tired of the tears from me mother Katie [ lyrics ]
I'm (D)fed up with leaving my sister Mary
And (Em)my father sayin, "Take it nice and (D)easy.”
When (Em)workin' a(D)cross the (Em)ocean
 
Chorus
 
We (Em)don't need the pity of the politicians
With (D)their crocodile tears and useless petitions
Just (Em)give us some work with suitable po(D)sitions
Stop the (Em)exodus a(D)cross the (Em)ocean