Sullivans John

D C D A D A D C Sullivan's John, to the road you've gone D A D Far away from your native home C You've gone with the tinker's daughter D A Far along the road to roam D C Sullivan's John you won't stick it long D A Till your belly will soon get slack D A D C You'll be going the road with a mighty load D A D And a toodlebox on your back D A D C I met Katy Coffee with her neat baby D A D Twas behind on her back, strapped on C She'd an old ash plant in her hand D A For to drive her donkey on D C Enquiring at every farmer's house D A As along the road she passed D A D C It's, "Where would she get an old pot to mend?" D A D Or "Where would she swap an ass?" D A D C I heard of a fair in the County Clare D A D At a place they call Spancel Hill C Where my brother James got a rap on the hames D A And poor Paddy they tried to k**l D C They loaded him up on an ass'n cart D A While Kate and Big Mary looked on D A D C Oh, bad luck to the day that I went away D A D To join with a tinker's band D A D C Sullivan's John, to the road you've gone D A D Far away from your native home C You've gone with the tinker's daughter D A Far along the road to roam D C Sullivan's John you won't stick it long D A Till your belly will soon get slack D A D C You'll be going the road with a mighty load D A D And a toodlebox on your back D C D A D A D C D A D