The Irish Rovers

St Brendans Fair Isle(Chords)

The Irish Rovers

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Intro 
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verse 1 
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When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle 
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I heard many stories both lovely and wild 
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About the great dragons and monsters that be 
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That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea. 

Refrain 
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Though I was an artist with canvas and paint 
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I sailed with St. Brendan and his jolly saints 
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We told the good people goodbye for a while 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

verse 2 
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We'd been on the ocean for 94 days 
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When we came to a spot where the sea was ablaze 
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Those demons from Hades were dancing with glee 
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And burning the sailors alive on the sea 

Refrain 
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Then St. Brendan he walked on the blistering waves 
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He threw those demons right back to their caves 
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And all of the saints wore a heavenly smile 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

verse 3 
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One night while the brethren were lying asleep 
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A great dragon came up from under the deep 
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He thundered and light'nend and made a great din 
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He awakened St. Brendan and all of his men 

Refrain 
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The dragon came on with his mouth open wide 
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We threw in a cross and the great dragon died 
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We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

Instrumental 
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verse 4 
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At last we came onto that beautiful land 
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We all went ashore and we walked on the sand 
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We took our longbows and we killed us a boo 
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We roasted it up and had hot barbecue 

Refrain 
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And after a while we were singing this song 
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We noticed the island was moving along 
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We ate and we drank and we rolled in high style 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

Verse 5 
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St. Brendan said 'Boys, this is much to my wish 
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'We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish. 
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'Hold fast to the rope that is pullin' the ship 
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'We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip.' 

Refrain 
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We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea 
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We sailed every spot that a sailor could be 
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In 44 days we sailed 10 million miles 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

Outro 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle 
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We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. 

(Then 3 bars of drums) 

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