Donegal Danny

         D                    G
    I remember the night that he 
       D
came in
              G               D
    from the wintry cold and damp.
                            Bm
    A giant of a man in an oilskin 
coat
           G                       
    and a bundle that told he was a
   A
 tramp
         D                    
    He stood at the bar and he 
  G        D
called a pint,
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     then turned and gazed at the 
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fire.
                                 Bm
    "On a night like this to be safe
 and dry,
           G              A
    is my one and only desire."

    D                        G    
So here's to those that are dead 
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and gone,
                Bm       A
the friends that I loved dear.
     D                      G     
And here's to you and I'll bid you
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 adieu,
                A            D    
saying Donegal Danny's been here 
  Bm
me boys,
 D       A            D
Donegal Danny's been here.

      D                      G    
    Then in a voice that was 
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hushed and low,
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    he said 'Listen I'll tell you a
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 tale,
    how a man of the sea became a 
Bm
man of the roads,
         G                   A
    and never more will set sail.
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           D                    
    I've fished out of Howth and 
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Killybegs, Ardglass and Baltimore.
                           Bm
    But the cruel sea has beaten me,
               G                
     and I'll end my days on the 
   A
shore."

         D                    G   
    One fateful night in the wind 
         D
and the rain,
           G                   D
    we set sail from Killybegs town.
    There were five of us from sweet
 Bm
 Donegal,
         G               A
    and one from County Down.
             D             G      
    We were fishermen who worked 
    D
the sea,
         G                 D
    and never counted the cost.
    But I never thought ere that 
Bm
night was done,
         G                         
    that my fine friends would all 
    A
be lost.

               D               
    Then the storm it broke and 
   G        D
drove the boat,
            G                   
    to the rocks about ten miles 
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from shore.
                             Bm
    As we fought the tide we hoped 
inside,
        G                  A
    to see our homes once more.
         D                     G  
    Then we struck a rock and 
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holed the bow,
        G                          
    and all of us knew that she'd 
   D
go down.
                               Bm
    So we jumped right into the icy 
sea,
          G                      
    and prayed to God we wouldn't 
   A
drown.

            D              G      
    But the raging sea was rising 
D
still,
       G                      D
    as we struck out for the land.
    And she fought with all her 
Bm
cruelty,
         G                 A
    to claim that gallant band.
       D                      G   
    By St John's Point in the 
   D
early dawn,
        G                     D
    I dragged myself on the shore.
                              Bm
    And I cursed the sea for what 
she'd done,
         G                     
    and vowed to sail her never 
  A
more.

    D                              
    Ever since that night I've been
 G        D
 on the road,
      G                          D
    travelling and trying to forget,
                           Bm      
    that awful night I lost all my 
           G               A
friends, I see their faces yet.
        D                        G
    And often at night when the 
      D
sea is high,
             G                   
    and the rain is tearing at my 
  D
skin,
                        Bm
   I hear the cries of drowning men,
      G                  A
   floating over on the wind'.