The Green And Red Of Mayo lyrics and chords for The Saw Doctors

This song has being adopted as the Mayo Football team's anthem. It wasn't written as a football song but as a general song about the county, over the past several occasions when the Mayo Football Team have reached the all Ireland Final, The Green And Red Of May has been the most popular of all the Mayo songs on this site. The Saw Doctors Songs . Along with this Mayo song there's being plenty more songs written about Mayo. Another of the most famous is Take Me Home To Mayo which was a hit for The Dublin City Ramblers 

The Green And Red Of Mayo Sheet Music And Tin Whistle Notes are included in the pdf ebook.

Oh the Green and Red of Mayo
I can see it still,.
It's[G] soft and craggy boglands, 
It's[C] tall magestic hills,
Where the[G] ocean kisses Ireland, 
The[C] waves caress it's shore
The[G] feelin' it came over me, 
To[C] stay for ever more, 
For[G] ever more,


Verse 2:
          G
From it's rolling coastal waters 
      C
I can see Croagh Patrick's peak, 
          G
where one Sunday every summer, 
    C
the pilgrims climb the reek 
          G
where St. Patrick in it's solitude, 
      C
looks out across Clew bay,
             G
and with the ringin' of his bell
           C
Called the faithful there to pray,
         G
there to pray,
(Chords as verse 2)

Take me to Clare island, 
The home of Granuaile,
It's waters harbor fishes,
From the herring to the whale,
And now I must depart it,
And reality is plain,
May the time not pass so slowly,
Till I set sail again,
Set sail again,

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​​Below is the ebook list of Irish Folk Songs with guitar chords
in 3 keys. Price €8.90 and I'll email the ebook after purchase .
​The chords are suited to ukulele, banjo or mandolin also.
Martin