Thousands Are Sailing

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You brave Irish heroes where e'er
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 you may be
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I pray, stand a moment and listen
    Em
 to me
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Your sons and fair daughters are 
C          G
all going away
    Am                G    
And thousands are sailing to 
  C    F
Americay


[Verse 2]
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So, good luck to those people and 
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safe may they land
         C                 F      
They are leaving their country for
   C           Em
 a far distant strand
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They're leaving old Ireland, no 
  C          G
longer can stay
    Am                G    
And thousands are sailing to 
  C    F
Americay


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[Verse 3]
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Now the night before leaving, they
     C           F
 are bidding goodbye
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And it's early next morning, their 
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hearts give a sigh
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They turn, kiss their mothers and 
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then they will say
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"Farewell, dear old father, we 
  C       F
must now go away"


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Oh, I pity the mother who rears 
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up the child
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And likewise the father who 
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labours and toils
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To try to support them, he will 
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work night and day
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And when they are reared up, they 
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will go away


[Verse 5]
         Am               G       
So, good luck to those people and 
C             F
safe may they land
         C                 F      
They are leaving their country for
   C           Em
 a far distant strand
        C              G      
They're leaving old Ireland, no 
  C          G
longer can stay
    Am                G    
And thousands are sailing to 
  C    F
Americay