The Setting Mary From Dungloe

A Asus2/G# D/F# E I’ll never forget the walk to the station, D Asus2/C# A E * Me with your suitcase being brotherly and strong A/C# D Dmaj7 E F#m And trying to make light of the whole situation, D Asus2/C# E/B Dsus2 D E In light conversation we moved through the throng A Asus2/G# D/F# E And you with your bright eyes and best dress for travelling D Asus2/C# A E * Me in my work clothes, unshaven and plain, A/C# D Dmaj7 E F#m I fully intended to put in a half day D Asus2/C# E/B Dsus2 D E But my good intentions went with you on the train. A Asus2/G# D/F# E And I never looked back as the train left the station, D Asus2/C# A E * Crossed over the roadway and into the park, A/C# D Dmaj7 E F#m And there in a bar an old man was singing, D Asus2/C# E/B D E A And I sat there drinking until it grew dark - so dark A E D A D E A Oh, fare ye well, sweet Donegal, the Rosses and Gweedore. A E D E D A F#m E I'm crossing the main ocean, where plunging billows roar. A E D E D A F#m E It breaks my heart for us to part, we’ve spent many happy days A E D A D E A Far away from friends and relations, I'm bound for Amerikay. A E D A I wish I was in sweet Dungloe, And now all the stars were hidden by rain clouds, D E A and seated on the grass The song of the old man locked in my brain, A E D E And by my side a bottle of wine For all emigration is the curse of the nation D A F#m E and on my knee a lass. The setting now fitting his sad sweet refrain. A E D E I'd call for liquor of the best spoken And above all the roar of the town was the blue sky, D A F#m E and I'd pay before I would go I heard the birds singing for sungthe dawning of the day
 A E D A And I'd roll my Mary in my arms And there was no help from the city forthcoming,
 D E A in the town of sweet Dungloe. No sympathy numbing your going away.