Rosie Black
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Intro
D G D A G D
D G D
Tis well I mind that summertime,
Em A D
When I first met Rosie Black.
D Bm
I was young and strong, the days were long,
Em A D
And the nights were filled with craic.
Bm F#
The Clipper Tones were all the rage,
G A D
Round the City Hall Armagh,
D G D
And I was there with nineteen others, all
Em A D
in Hagans Hackney Cars.
D G D
She wore no paint upon her face,
Em A D
She had no fancy clothes.
D Bm
She didnt need a hanky, for
Em A D
she never blew her nose.
Bm
But shed get up and dance,
F#
With great delight.
G A D
Shed cheer and clap the band.
D G D
She did dance to the rattle of a bucket,
Em A D
and shes daft on Jimmy Shand.
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D G D
No want, nor tear, nor taxi fare,
D A D
Could keep me from her side.
D Bm
No spite, no hate, no five bar gate,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deny.
Bm F#
No rivers, bogs, nor wicked dogs,
G A D
Would turn me from her door.
D G D
No briars fence, or barbed wire fence,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deter.
D A D
Well I courted her, both long and hard
Em A D
She was treated like a queen
D Bm
To pictures in the cosy
Em A D
Fair suppers and ice cream
Bm F#
I asked her father for her hand
G A D
For Id fallen beneath her spell
D
He said, You can have her surely, and
Em A D
you can take her ma as well.
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D G D
No want, nor tear, nor taxi fare,
D A D
Could keep me from her side.
D Bm
No spite, no hate, no five bar gate,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deny.
Bm F#
No rivers, bogs, nor wicked dogs,
G A D
Would turn me from her door.
D G D
No briars fence, or barbed wire fence,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deter.
D A D
Now the next time that I saw me love,
Em A D
The blood did freely spill.
D Bm
She was eatin chips in Malockers,
Em A D
With a git from Bambrook Hill.
Bm F#
I gave him a clip, on the buller lip,
G A D
Never thinking of my girl Rose.
D G
And she lifted a bottle of vinegar,
Em A D
And broke it across me nose.
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D G D
No want, nor tear, nor taxi fare,
D A D
Could keep me from her side.
D Bm
No spite, no hate, no five bar gate,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deny.
Bm F#
No rivers, bogs, nor wicked dogs,
G A D
Would turn me from her door.
D G D
No briars fence, or barbed wire fence,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deter.
D A D
With a broken heart, and a busted nose,
Em A D
I caught the last bus home.
D Bm
Never more to dance
Em A
In the City Hall to the sound of the clipper
D
Tones.
Bm F#
But it is John Wayne that I do blame
G A D
for all of my downfall.
D A D
For what worked for Maureen O'Hara
Em A D
Was no good for Rosie Black.
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D G D
No want, nor tear, nor taxi fare,
D A D
Could keep me from her side.
D Bm
No spite, no hate, no five bar gate,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deny.
Bm F#
No rivers, bogs, nor wicked dogs,
G A D
Would turn me from her door.
D G D
No briars fence, or barbed wire fence,
Em A D
Could me, my love, deter.
D A D
Now I said farewell to Hackney Cars,
Em A D
Picture houses and dance halls.
D Bm
And Ill do my courting nearer to home,
Em A D
Where the girls are neat and small.
Bm F#
But I dare not go into a chip shop now
G A D
For when I smell vinegar,
D
I get a pain in my nose....
D
and I think of Rose....
A D
in the City of Armagh.
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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