Tonalidad: Gb major
Verse 1
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Now Patrick McGinty, an
Irishman of note
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D
Fell in for a fortune,
and he bought himself a goat
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Say's he, "sure,
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of goat's milk I'm going to have me fill"
Am
D
But when he brought the nanny home,
G
he found it was a bill
Verse 2
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All the young ladies who
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G
live in Killaloo
D
They're all wearing bustles like
their mothers used to do
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They each wear a bolster
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beneath the petticoat
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D
G
And leave the rest to providence and Paddy
McGinty's goat
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Verse 3
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Mrs Burke to her daughter said,
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"listen, Mary Jane
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Am
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Who was the lad you were
cuddling in the lane?
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He'd long wiry whiskers a'
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hanging from his chin"
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"'T was only Pat McGinty's goat,"
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she answer'd with a grin
Verse 4
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Then she went away from
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the village in disgrace
She came back with powder
and paint upon her face
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She'd rings on her fingers,
D
and she wore a sable coat
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D
G
And I'll bet your life she didn't get those from Paddy
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G
McGinty's goat
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A
Verse 5
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Now Norah McCarthy the
knot was going to tie
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Am
D
She washed out her trousseau
and hung it out to dry
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Along came the goat and he
saw the bits of white
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Am
D
And chewed up all her falderals, and
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on her wedding night
Verse 6
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"Oh turn out the light quick!"
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she shouted out to Pat
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D
For though l'm your bride,
sure l'm not worth looking at
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I had two of everything,
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I told you when I wrote
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But now I've won another naught through Paddy
McGinty's goat
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A
Verse 7
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G
Mickey Riley he went to the
races t'other day
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D
He won twenty dollars and shouted,
"hip hooray"
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D
He held up the note,
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shouting "look at what I've got"
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Am
D
The goat came up and grabbed at
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it and swallowed all the lot
Verse 8
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"He's eaten me banknote," said Mickey,
They went for the doctor and
they got a stomach pump
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G
They pumped and they pumped
D
for that twenty dollar note
Am
D
G
But all they got was ninepence out of Paddy
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G
McGinty's goat
A
Verse 9
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Now old Paddy's goat had a
wonderous appetite
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And one day for breakfast
he ate some dynamite
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A big box of matches
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he swallowed all serene
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And out he went and swallowed
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up a quarter paraffin
Verse 10
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He sat by the fireside,
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he didn't give a hang
He swallowed a spark
and exploded with a bang
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C
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So if you go to heaven
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you can bet a dollar note
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That the angel with the whiskers
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on is Paddy McGinty's goat
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