Nell Flahertys Drake ukulele

Nell Flahertys Drake

• G7

The Clancy Brothers and Tom Makem version of "Nell Flaherty's Drake"

original author unknown 

versions lyrics differ slightly


Intro: 

G7 F G C

1st Verse)
      C                       
Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell
  F              C               Am      G
I come from Cootehill which I'll never deny
  C
I had a fine drake and I'd die for his sake
        F           C           G            C
That me grandmother left me and she goin' to die
    C                      F              C
The dear little fellow his legs they were yellow
         F          C          Am          G
He could fly like a swallow or swim like a hake
     C
Till some dirty savage to grease his white cabbage
     F        C           G         C
Most wantonly murdered me beautiful drake

2nd Verse
        C
Now his neck it was green almost fit to be seen
       F         C            Am        G
He was fit for a queen of the highest degree
    C
His body was white, and it would you delight
       F               C         G          C
He was plump, fat, and heavy and brisk as a bee
       C                             F            C
He was wholesome and sound, he would weigh twenty pound 
        F        C             Am           G
And the universe round I would roam for his sake
    C
Bad luck to the robber be he drunk or sober
     F             C          G         C
That murdered Nell Flaherty's beautiful drake

3rd Verse
        C
May his spade never dig, may his sow never pig
         F           C           Am               G
May each hair in his wig be well trashed with the flail 
       C
My his door never latch, may his roof have no thatch
        F           C              G            C
May his turkeys not hatch, may the rats eat his meal 
    C                    F           C
May every old fairy from Cork to Dun Laoghaire
    F            C       Am       G
Dip him snug and airy in river or lake
         C
That the eel and the trout they may dine on the snout
       F            C             G          C
Of the monster that murdered Nell Flaherty's drake

4th Verse
        C
May his pig never grunt, may his cat never hunt
      F          C             Am          G
May a ghost ever haunt him the dead of the night
        C
May his hens never lay, may his horse never neigh
        F         C           G         C
May his coat fly away like an old paper kite
         C                           F           C
That the flies and the fleas may the wretch ever tease
        F              C               Am         G
May the piercin' March breeze make him shiver and shake 
      C
May a lump of the stick raise the bumps fast and quick
       F            C             G          C
On the monster that murdered Nell Flaherty's drake


5th Verse
         C
Well the only good news that I have to infuse
        F         C                Am      G
Is that old Paddy Hughes and young Anthony Blake 
  C
Also Johnny Dwyer and Corney Maguire
     F           C           G          C
They each have a grandson of my darlin' drake
    C                      F           C
May treasure had dozens of nephews and cousins 
    F          C         Am            G
And one I must get or me heart it will break 
       C
For to set me mind easy or else I'll run crazy
   F              C            G          C
So ends the whole song of Nell Flaherty's drake

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