Sailing In The Lowlands Low. Song lyrics and guitar chords

Written by ballad songwriter P.J. McColl. The piano sheet music and whistle notes are included and are suited to the accordion or flute. The Clancy Brothers recorded a version of this song using slightly different lyrics.

Sailing In The Lowlands Low Song Lyrics And Chords In D Major

[D]Dunmore we quitted,
[G]Michelmas gone[G7] by
Cow[C]hides and wool and live[Am] car[D]go
[G]Twenty young wild geese
Ready fledged to fly
Sailing for the [D]Lowlands [G]Low,,[G7]
The[C] lowlands [G]low, the [C]low[D]lands [G]low
Sailing for the [D]lowlands [G]low


Shaun Paor's the skipper
From the church of Crook
Peary keeps log for his father
Crew all from Bannow
Fethard and the Hook
Sailing for the Lowlands low
These twenty wild geese
Gave Queen Anne the slip
Crossing to Louis in Flanders
He and Jack Malbrook
Both are in a grip
Fighting in the Lowlands Low


Close lay  a rover
Off the Isle of Wight
Either a Salee or Saxon!
Out through the sea mist
We bade them goodnight
Sailing for the Lowlands Low
Ready with priming,
We'd our galliot gun
Muskets and pikes in good order
We should be riddled,
Captives would be none
Death! or else the Lowlands low


​Pray Holy Brendan,
Turk nor Algerine
Dutchman nor Saxon may sink us!
We'll bring Geneva,
Sack and Rhenish wines
Safely from the lowlands low

Chords in the key of C
[G]Dunmore we quitted,
[C]Michelmas gone[C7] by
Cow[F]hides and wool and live[Dm] car[G]go
[C]Twenty young wild geese
Ready fledged to fly
Sailing for the [G]Lowlands [C]Low,,[C7]
The[F] lowlands [C]low, the [F]low[G]lands [C]low
Sailing for the [G]lowlands [C]low.


Key of A
[E]Dunmore we quitted,
[A]Michelmas gone[A7] by
Cow[D]hides and wool and live[Bm] car[E]go
[A]Twenty young wild geese
Ready fledged to fly
Sailing for the [E]Lowlands [A]Low,,[A7]
The[D] lowlands [A]low, the [D]low[E]lands [A]low
Sailing for the [E]lowlands [A]low

Sailing In The Lowlands Sheet Music And Tin Whistle Notes