Wexford
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F C C Em7 Am G G F C
[Verse one]
G
My family lived in Wexford town,
F C
stopped travelling and settled down,
F C
My father kept a horse and cart,
C Em7 Am
Though we lived within the town,
F C
The people there misunderstood,
C Em7 Am
they did not know our ways,
G
So with horse and cart, back on the road,
F C
I began my travelling days.
[Verse two]
G
My father was called the Fiddler Dunne,
F C
Now I'm a fiddler too,
F C
But although I often felt his fist,
C Em7 Am
he taught me all he knew,
F C
I know I'll never be as good,
C Em7 Am
yet I feel no shame,
G
For the other things my father taught,
F C
I am proud to bear his name.
[Verse three]
G
He taught me pride and how to live,
F C
though the road is hard and long,
F C
And how a man will never starve,
C Em7 Am
with a banjo, fiddle or song,
F C
And how to fight for what I own,
C Em7 Am
and what I know is right,
G
And how to camp beside a ditch
F C
on a stormy winter's night.
[Verse four]
G
Oh, times were good and times were bad,
F C
and people cruel and kind,
F C
But what I learned of people then,
C Em7 Am
Stayed within my mind,
F C
I'll honour friends with all my heart,
C Em7 Am
do for them all I can,
G
But I learned to go the road again,
F C
Where they spurn the travelling man.
[Verse five]
G
Oh, Wexford is a town I like,
F C
but the travelling man is scorned
F C
but you must feel affection for
C Em7 Am
the town that you come from
F C
I know one day, that I'll go back,
C Em7 Am
when my travelling days are done,
G
And people will begin to wonder,
F C
what has happened to the Pecker Dunne.
How to play Wexford
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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