The chords to Red haired Mary are presented in the key of G. The lyrics were written by Sean McCarthy and tell the story of a of a man who wooed a girl who was supposed to be wed later that day.
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[chordsandlyrics][G]O, ’twas going to the fair in [D7]Dingle [G]one fine morning [C]last July
And [G]walking down the road be[D7]fore me a [G]red-haired girl I [D7]chanced to [G]spy
[G]Keep your hands off [Em]red-haired Mary [G]her and I are [C]to be wed
We’re [G]seein’ the priest this [Em]very morning to[G]night we’ll lie in the [D7]marriage [G]bed[/chordsandlyrics]
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“Come ride with me my red-haired maiden, the donkey he will carry two”
She looked at me with eyes a twinkle, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue
“Thank you kindly sir” she answered, then she tossed her bright red hair
“Seeing as you have got the donkey I’ll ride with you to the Dingle Fair.”
When we reached the town of Dingle, I took her hand to say goodbye
But a tinker he stepped up behind me and hit me right in my left eye
Now I was feeling kind of peevish, my poor old eye felt sad and sore
I tapped him gently with my hobnails, and he flew back through Tim Murphy’s door
He galloped off to find his father, the tallest man I e’er did meet
He tapped me gently with his knuckles, now I am minus two front teeth
Round the corner came a peeler, told me that I’d broke the law
The donkey kicked him on the kneecap, he fell down and broke his jaw
Now the red-haired girl she kept on smiling, “Young man I’ll come with you” she said
“We’ll forget the priest this very morning, and tonight we’ll sleep in Murphy’s bed.”
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[G]O, ’twas going to the fair in [D7]Dingle [G]one fine morning [C]last July
And [G]walking down the road be[D7]fore me a [G]red-haired girl I [D7]chanced to [G]spy
[G]Keep your hands off [Em]red-haired Mary [G]her and I are [C]to be wed
We’re [G]seein’ the priest this [Em]very morning to[G]night we’ll lie in the [D7]marriage [G]bed
“Come ride with me my red-haired maiden, the donkey he will carry two”
She looked at me with eyes a twinkle, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue
“Thank you kindly sir” she answered, then she tossed her bright red hair
“Seeing as you have got the donkey I’ll ride with you to the Dingle Fair.”
When we reached the town of Dingle, I took her hand to say goodbye
But a tinker he stepped up behind me and hit me right in my left eye
Now I was feeling kind of peevish, my poor old eye felt sad and sore
I tapped him gently with my hobnails, and he flew back through Tim Murphy’s door
He galloped off to find his father, the tallest man I e’er did meet
He tapped me gently with his knuckles, now I am minus two front teeth
Round the corner came a peeler, told me that I’d broke the law
The donkey kicked him on the kneecap, he fell down and broke his jaw
Now the red-haired girl she kept on smiling, “Young man I’ll come with you” she said
“We’ll forget the priest this very morning, and tonight we’ll sleep in Murphy’s bed.”
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