Rocky Road to Dublin

Rocky Road to Dublin: Chords

Intro:
REm       DO  REm

            REm
Well in the merry month of May 

from me home I started
                        DO
Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted
               REm
Saluted father dear kissed me darlin' mother

Drank a pint of beer, 
             DO
me grief and tears to smother
                     REm
Then off to reap the corn 

and leave where I was born

I cut a stout blackthorn 
   DO
to banish ghost and goblin
                       REm
In a brand new pair of brogues 

I rattled o'er the bogs

And frightened all the dogs 
DO    
on the rocky road to Dublin
                         REm
… One, two, three, four, five

Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
    DO                                      REm
And all the ways to Dublin whack-fol-lol-de-ra


… In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary
                          DO
Started by daylight, next mornin' light and airy
                   REm
Took a drop of the pure 

to keep my heart from sinkin'

That's the Paddy's cure 
      DO
whene'er he's on for drinking
                  REm
To see the lasses smile laughing all the while

At my curious style, 
        DO
'twould set your heart a-bubblin'
                   REm
They ax'd if I was hired, the wages I required
                  DO
Till I was almost tired 

of the rocky road to Dublin
                         REm
… One, two, three, four, five

Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
    DO                                      REm
And all the ways to Dublin whack-fol-lol-de-ra


… In Dublin next arrived I thought it such a pity
                         DO
To be so soon deprived a view of that fine city
              REm
Then I took a stroll all among the quality
                                 DO
My bundle it was stole, all in a neat locality
          REm
Something crossed my mind, then I looked behind
                                DO
No bundle could I find, upon my stick a wobblin'
          REm
Enquirin' for the rogue, 
         
they said my Connaught brogue
                     DO
Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin
                         REm
… One, two, three, four, five
 
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
    DO                                      REm
And all the ways to Dublin whack-fol-lol-de-ra


… From there I got away my spirits never failin'
                   DO
Landed on the quay as the ship was sailin'
              REm
Captain at me roared, said that no room had he
                              DO
When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy
      REm
Down among the pigs, I played some funny rigs

Danced some hearty jigs, 
    DO
the water round me bubblin'
             REm
When off Holyhead, I wished myself was dead
                      DO
Or better far instead on the rocky road to Dublin
                         REm
… One, two, three, four, five

Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
    DO                                      REm
And all the ways to Dublin whack-fol-lol-de-ra


… The boys of Liverpool when we safely landed
                DO
Called myself a fool, I could no longer stand it
REm
Blood began to boil, temper I was losin'
                              DO
Poor ould Erin's isle, they began abusin'
           REm
"Hurrah my soul, " sez I, my shillelagh I let fly
                          DO
Some Galway boys were by, saw I was a hobble in
REm 
Then with a loud hurray, they joined in the affray
 
We quickly cleared the way 
DO    
for the rocky road to Dublin
                         REm
… One, two, three, four, five

Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
    DO                                      REm
And all the ways to Dublin whack-fol-lol-de-ra

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Rocky Road to Dublin è un classico del repertorio folk irlandese, interpretato anche da uno dei più illustri interpreti di questo genere musicale: Luke Kelly, che la incise nel 1973. Canzone che risale a metà Ottocento, quando nasceva dalla penna del poeta D. K. Gavan, diventa molto popolare grazie alle prime interpretazioni del cantante di Dublino Harry Clifton. Il testo racconta il viaggio di un uomo dalla casa natale in Irlanda verso il porto di Liverpool in cerca di fortuna: un'avventura piena di difficoltà!

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).