[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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Oh, the old turf fire and the hearth swept clean
G
There's no one so contented as myself and Paddy Keane
Am
The baby in the cradle, you can hear its mammy say
G Am
Ah, will you go to sleep, Alanna, while I wet your daddy's tea
[Verse]
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Now I've got a little house and land, as neat as it can be
G
You'll never see the likes of it this side of Lisnakea
Am
No piano in the corner and no pictures on the wall
G Am
But I'm happy and contented in my little cottage hall
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Now the man that I work for, of noble blood is he
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But somethin' I'll be tellin' you, we never can agree
Am
He has big towering mansions, he has castles great and tall
G Am
But I wouldn't change the roof that crowns my own cottage hall
[Chorus]
Am
Oh, the old turf fire and the hearth swept clean
G
There's no one so contented as myself and Paddy Keane
Am
The baby in the cradle, you can hear its mammy say
G Am
Ah, will you go to sleep, Alanna, while I wet your daddy's tea
[Instrumental]
Am G Am
[Verse]
Am
Round the old turf fire sit the old folk, bent with years
G
As they watch us trippin' lightly, they're smilin' through their tears
Am
So sadly they are dreaming of their youthful heart's desire
G Am
In those dear old days so long ago, around the old turf fire
[Outro]
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