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Am G Am
It was in the hungry forties when old Ireland lay in gloom.
G E
Thousands sailed from Galway Bay to find a brighter home.
Am G Am
Among them were three comrades who were brave and strong and bold,
G Am
And they came from Dinish Island off the Lettermullan shore.
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G Am
The streets of Philadelphia they had heard were paved with gold,
G E
But very soon they realized it melted with the snow.
Am G Am
The pangs of hunger know no bounds, they make the young look old,
G Am
So they went to California a-hunting for the gold.
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G Am
They staked a claim beside the hill known as the Mount Tahoe
G E
And started digging into it some fortunes for to hoard.
Am G Am
It was a promise to their parents on the day they left their home
G Am
They´d bring it back to Dinish off the Lettermullan shore.
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G Am
McDonagh went to town one day to rustle up some stores.
G E
He was killed by three banditos who robbed him of his hope.
Am G Am
Folan and Jack Larkin they waited at their home,
G Am
And they buried him beside his claim on the side of Mount Tahoe.
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G Am
And when the mound was patted down and the three Hail Marys said,
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They placed a little wooden cross as a marker on his head.
Am G Am
Jack Larkin faced into the east and he swore a mighty oath
G Am
There was blood for blood, he´d have revenge or never show his face at home.
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G Am
That very day Jack went to town with his pistol in his belt,
G E
And he went into the tavern where they killed his cousin Pat.
Am G Am
He called out the banditos, and when the fight was o´er,
G Am
The three of them were lying dead upon the barroom floor.
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G Am
Jack took a bullet in his back and for three long weeks he laid,
G E
Till one night he says to Folan: "Sure I´ll never see the day,
Am G Am
But tell my folk in Dinish if you ever make it back
G Am
Tell ´em I got the bastards that killed my cousin Pat."
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G Am
He was buried with his cousin in the grave upon the hill,
G E
With a marker at his head and feet and the three Hail Marys said.
Am G Am
Before the mound was patted down Jack Larkin´s mighty soul
G Am
Had flown back home to Dinish off the Lettermullan shore.
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