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[Verse 1]
AmCF
I am a young fellow from the County Tyrone,
CGEmG
In the town of Strabane sure I'm very well known,
AmCF
For down to the alehouse I'm frequently goin',
CGAm
With Kitty and Ginny and Mary.
AmC
My father rebuked me for being such a rake,
AmG
And for spending me money on whiskey and cakes,
AmCF
But the lassies are sweet and it's all for their sakes,
CGAm
And it keeps me lighthearted and merry.
[Chorus]
AmCEmG
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
AmGEmG
I will court all the lassies or at least I will try,
AmCF
And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,
CGAm
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé
[Bridge]
CGAm
[Verse 2]
AmCF
If I chance for to wander on down to the fair,
CGEmG
All the lassies all around me do flock on the square,
AmCF
I'll pull out me fiddle and play an auld air,
CGAm
And soon we're all off on the spree.
AmC
There's Peggy and Jane from the banks of Loch Nee,
AmG
There's Kitty and Molly down Dungannon Way,
AmCF
And there's another one from Cookstown who makes me head sway,
CGAm
Such a fuss they all make over me.
[Chorus]
AmCEmG
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
AmGEmG
I will court all the lassies or at least I will try,
AmCF
And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,
CGAm
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé
[Bridge]
CGAm
[Verse 3]
AmCF
To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,
CGEmG
For the greatest of misers must leave them behind,
AmCF
So me money I spend with no thought in me mind,
CGAm
But to kick up our heels and carouse.
AmC
For the rich never spend any gold of their own,
AmG
Sure they hold it away like a dog and it's bone,
AmCF
But they end on their back among nettles and stones,
CGAm
And I hear there're no pockets in shrouds.
[Chorus]
AmCEmG
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
AmGEmG
I will court all the lassies or at least I will try,
AmCF
And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,
CGAm
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé
[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
AmCF
Now some say I'm foolish and some say I'm wise,
CGEmG
For loving the women and the whiskey likewise,
AmCF
But the son of King David had ten hundred wives,
CGAm
And his wisdom was highly regarded!
AmC
So I'll call for the lassies and ask them to wed,
AmG
And we'll all be content in the one marriage bed,
AmCF
While the rich count their gold we'll count children instead,
CGAm
And we'll raise them up true and stout-hearted.
[Chorus]
AmCEmG
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
AmGEmG
I will court all the lassies or at least I will try,
AmCF
And I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,
CGAm
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé
CGAm
Agus fagaimid suid mar atá sé