The Roving Trade

    D                    A
The boys in the farm are working the
 plow
        A
They're picking potatoes and milking
 the cow
    D                   A
But we haven't time for shovel or 
sow
   A                  D
We work at the roving trade

[Chorus]
D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to 
the night
    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water 
of life
D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding 
them tight
    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

[Verse]
    D                    A
Back on the road we're going to be
A
Rogues and romances of high degree
    D                    A
The lassies are happy whenever they 
see
   A                  D
The boys of the roving trade

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[Chorus]
D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to 
the night
    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water 
of life
D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding 
them tight
    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

[Verse]
    D                    A
Dublin and Cork and Galway are fine
    A
And Limerick is beautiful most of 
the time
    D                    A
But Belfast is never to far from me 
mind
   A                  D
I miss her whenever I roam

[Chorus]
D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to 
the night
    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water 
of life
D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding 
them tight
    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

[Verse]
    D                    A
We've traveled the world for many's 
a mile
A
Singin' and playin' and bringin' a 
smile
    D                    A
And soon we'll be back in the 
Emerald Isle
   A                  D
For Paddy is headed for home

[Chorus]
D                       A
Here's to the music and here's to 
the night
    C                          G
And here's to the whiskey the water 
of life
D                           A
Here's to the lassies we're holding 
them tight
    A                    D
And here's to the roving trade

D                    A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
C                    G
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
D                    A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
A                    D
Di da dee dum dee di dum