Em     Am                  G
  Your hills and dales and flowery vales
     F            D         Am
That lie near the Moorlough Shore
Em     Am                 G
  Your vines that blow by borden's grove
       F    D      Am
Will I ever see no more
 
Em         Am
 Where the primrose blows
       G
And the violet grows
          Am        G      F
Where the trout and salmon play
Em        Am       D        G      Em
  With my line and hook, delight I took
   F        D        Am
To spend my youthful days
 
[Verse 2]
 
Em   Am               G
 Last night I went to see my love
       F         D         Am
And to hear what she might say
Em   Am                G
  To see if she'd take pity on me
     F       D   Am
Lest I might go away
Em    Am               G
  She said, "I love an Irish lad
       Am     G    F
And he was my only joy
Em    Am   D       G       Em
  And ever since I saw his face
     F          D       Am     Em  Am
I've loved that soldier boy."
 
[Verse 3]
 
Em   Am                G
  Perhaps your soldier lad is lost
        F        D      Am
Sailing over the sea of Maine
Em      Am                        G
  Or perhaps he is gone with some other lover
        F     D        Am
You may never see him again
Em     Am          G
  Well if my Irish lad is lost
         Am    G   F
He's the one I do adore
Em    Am    D            G        Em
  And seven years I will wait for him
       F                      D
By the banks of the Moorlough Shore
 
[Instrumental] 

Em  F  D  Em  F  D
 
[Verse 4] 

    Am                  G
Farewell to Sinclaire's castle grand
    F           D     Am
Farewell to the foggy dew
Em          Am               G
  Where the linen waves like bleaching silk
        F       D           Am
And the falling stream runs still
Em     Am               G
  Near there I spent my youthful days
     Am       G       F
But alas they all are gone
Em    Am   D      G        Em
  For cruelty has banished me
     F                      D
Far away from the Moorlough Shore