Wexford Town lyrics and chords
Written and recorded by ''The Pecker Dunne'', who wrote O'Sullivan's John song also. to change key, C=D, F=G, Am=Bm, the air of this song is the same as ''Tramps And Hawkers'' [ lyrics ] and same as ''Come My Little Son' and ''The Song With No Name''. An Irish folk song.
My[C] family lived in [F]Wexford town, stopped travelling and [C]settled down,
Though[C] my father kept a[F] horse and car, we [C]lived within the [Am]town, The [C]people there mis[F]understood, or [C]they did not know our [Am]ways, So with[C] horse and car, back [F]on the road, I began my travelling [C]days My father was called the Fiddler Dunne, and I'm a fiddler too, But although I often felt his fist, he taught me all he knew, I know I'll never be as good, and yet I feel no shame, For the other things my father taught, I am proud to bear his name. He taught me pride and how to live, though the road is hard and long, And how a man will never starve, with a banjo, fiddle or song, And how to fight for what I own, and what I know is right, And how to camp beside a ditch on a stormy winter's night. O times were good and times were bad, and people cruel and kind, But what I learned of people then, has stayed within my mind, I'll honour friends with all my heart, do for them all I can, But I've learnt to go the road again, when they spurn the tinker man. O Wexford is a town I like, but the travelling man they scorn, And a man must feel affection for the town where he was born, I know one day, that I'll go back, when my travelling days are done, And people will begin to wonder, what has happened to the Pecker Dunne. |
Here are the chords in the key of G
My[G] family lived in [C]Wexford town, stopped travelling and [G]settled down, Though[G] my father kept a[C] horse and car, we [G]lived within the [Em]town, The [G]people there mis[C]understood, or [G]they did not know our [Em]ways, So with[G] horse and car, back [C]on the road, I began my travelling [G]days |