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Ferryman, The
by Pete St. John
The [G] little boats are gone from the [C] breast of Anna [G] Liffy
The [C] ferryman is stranded on the [D] quay
Sure the [G] Dublin docks is dying and a [C] way of life is [G] gone
And [D] Molly it was [D7] part of you and [G] me
( Chorus
Where the [D] Strawberry beds sweep [C] down to the [G] Liffy
You [C] kissed away the worry from my [D] brow
I [G] love you well today and I'll [C] love you more to [G] morrow
If you [D] ever love me [D7] Molly love me [G] now )
T'was the only job I knew it was hard but never lonely
The Liffy ferry made a man of me
And it's gone without a whisper and forgotted even now
And sure it's over Molly over can't you see
Well now I'll tend the yard and I'll spend me days in talking
And I'll here them whisper Charlie's on the dole
But Molly we're still living and darling we're still young
And that river never owned me heart and soul
The [C] ferryman is stranded on the [D] quay
Sure the [G] Dublin docks is dying and a [C] way of life is [G] gone
And [D] Molly it was [D7] part of you and [G] me
( Chorus
Where the [D] Strawberry beds sweep [C] down to the [G] Liffy
You [C] kissed away the worry from my [D] brow
I [G] love you well today and I'll [C] love you more to [G] morrow
If you [D] ever love me [D7] Molly love me [G] now )
T'was the only job I knew it was hard but never lonely
The Liffy ferry made a man of me
And it's gone without a whisper and forgotted even now
And sure it's over Molly over can't you see
Well now I'll tend the yard and I'll spend me days in talking
And I'll here them whisper Charlie's on the dole
But Molly we're still living and darling we're still young
And that river never owned me heart and soul