The Rake

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[Verse 1]
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I am a young fellow from the 
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County Tyrone,
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In the town of Strabane sure I'm
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 very well known,
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For down to the alehouse I'm 
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frequently goin',
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With Kitty and Ginny and Mary.

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My father rebuked me for being such 
a rake,
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And for spending me money on whiskey
 and cakes,
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But the lassies are sweet and it's 
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all for their sakes,
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And it keeps me lighthearted and 
Am
merry.

[Chorus]
     Am           C            Em
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll 
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drink when I'm dry,
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I will court all the lassies or at 
Em           G
least I will try,
         Am                     C 
And I'll never conform 'til the 
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day that I die,
     C        G         Am
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
     Am                      C    
If I chance for to wander on down 
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to the fair,
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All the lassies all around me do 
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flock on the square,
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I'll pull out me fiddle and play 
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an auld air,
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And soon we're all off on the spree.

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        Am                     
There's Peggy and Jane from the 
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banks of Loch Nee,
        Am        G
There's Kitty and Molly down 
Dungannon Way,
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And there's another one from 
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Cookstown who makes me head sway,
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Such a fuss they all make over me.

[Chorus]
     Am           C            Em
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll 
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drink when I'm dry,
       Am            G             
I will court all the lassies or at 
Em           G
least I will try,
         Am                     C 
And I'll never conform 'til the 
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day that I die,
     C        G         Am
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
   Am                   C         
To quarrel for riches I ne'er was 
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inclined,
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For the greatest of misers must 
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leave them behind,
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So me money I spend with no 
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thought in me mind,
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But to kick up our heels and 
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carouse.

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For the rich never spend any gold of
 their own,
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Sure they hold it away like a dog 
and it's bone,
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But they end on their back among 
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nettles and stones,
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And I hear there're no pockets in 
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shrouds.

[Chorus]
     Am           C            Em
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll 
             G
drink when I'm dry,
       Am            G             
I will court all the lassies or at 
Em           G
least I will try,
         Am                     C 
And I'll never conform 'til the 
         F
day that I die,
     C        G         Am
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé

[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
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Now some say I'm foolish and some 
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say I'm wise,
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For loving the women and the 
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whiskey likewise,
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But the son of King David had ten 
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hundred wives,
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And his wisdom was highly regarded!

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So I'll call for the lassies and ask
 them to wed,
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And we'll all be content in the one 
marriage bed,
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While the rich count their gold 
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we'll count children instead,
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And we'll raise them up true and 
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stout-hearted.

[Chorus]
     Am           C            Em
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll 
             G
drink when I'm dry,
       Am            G             
I will court all the lassies or at 
Em           G
least I will try,
         Am                     C 
And I'll never conform 'til the 
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day that I die,
     C        G         Am
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé
     C        G         Am
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé