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The Fureys with Dave Arthur did a popular version of this one about a couple who dream of leaving "the troubles" in Northern Ireland behind to make a new life for themselves.
Track 16
Samhain, MMVIII
TdB Bardic Circle
Steal Away
by Phil Coulter
(Chorus
[G] Steal a- [D] way, let’s [D] steal a- [G] way
There’ll [C] be none [Am] left to [D] stay
For [G] me and [D] you, we’ll [D] start a- [G] new
And [C] darling [D] steal a- [G] way )
[Em] Let’s steal away and [D] change our [Em] dreams
And [C] hope they’ll never [D] find us
[Em] The dreary [D] days, the empty [Em] nights
We’ll [C] leave them [D] all [G] behind us
Chorus
We’ll leave behind the city streets
The gloom, the desolation
The rain, the cold, the growing old
O God, it’s a hard old station
Chorus
We’ll leave with just our memories
And make them see beginning
We have to chose to win or lose
Since time has passed away
Chorus
[G] Steal a- [D] way, let’s [D] steal a- [G] way
There’ll [C] be none [Am] left to [D] stay
For [G] me and [D] you, we’ll [D] start a- [G] new
And [C] darling [D] steal a- [G] way )
[Em] Let’s steal away and [D] change our [Em] dreams
And [C] hope they’ll never [D] find us
[Em] The dreary [D] days, the empty [Em] nights
We’ll [C] leave them [D] all [G] behind us
Chorus
We’ll leave behind the city streets
The gloom, the desolation
The rain, the cold, the growing old
O God, it’s a hard old station
Chorus
We’ll leave with just our memories
And make them see beginning
We have to chose to win or lose
Since time has passed away
Chorus