Song Of The Irish Moss Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Dow[C]n o[G]n[C][F][C][G][C]
old Prince Edward Island
When the winds are on the blow
And the ocean water's rollin'
Through the [D]reefs and rocks below
[G]And the [C]Irish moss comes driftin'
Where the [F]white cap waters roar
[C]With my scoop and my [G]fork
and [Em]my wagon and [F]horse
I'll be [Em]headin' on [G]down the [C]shore
With my scoop and [G]my fork
and [Em]my wagon and [F]horse
I'll be [Em]headin' on [G]down the [C]shore
On old Prince Edward Island,
where the Irish moss is found,
With bags and ropes and baskets,
they [D]come from miles [G]around.
[C]Thrashing through the water,
being care[F]ful not to [C]fall,
Cause one good [D]dash and a [Em]hell of a splash,
[F]you could los[C]e your ove[G]rall[C]s.
One good [Dm]dash and a [Em]hell of a splash,
[F]you could los[C]e your ove[G]rall[C]s.
There's horses [G]in the wa[C]ter,
and horses [G]on the [C]road,
And here comes old Russell Elwood,
and he's [D]hauling up another big [G]load.
And the [C]party lines keep ringing,
and the [F]word keeps passing [C]on,
You can hear them roar
[D]from the [Em]Tignish shore,
[F]there's Mos[C]s and Ski[G]nner's Bon[C]d.
You can hear [Dm]them roar from the
[Em]Tignish [F]shore,
there's [C]Moss and [G]Skinner's [C]Bond.
On old Prince Edward Island,
there's one big hullabaloo.
The boys and the girls
and the old folks,
they're [D]gonna make a few bucks,
[G]too.
Gettin' [C]wet to the neck
in the ocean,
where the [F]waves all turn and [C]toss.
But it's a free -for [Dm]-all,
and they're [Em]havin' a [F]ball,
they're [Em]bringin' in the [G]Irish [C]moss.
It's a free -for [Dm]-all,
and they're [Em]havin' a [F]ball,
they're [C]bringin' in the [G]Irish [C]moss.
Now the moss plant [G]boys
are [C]waiting to pay so much a pound
And there goes a guy on horseback
and they both [D]look damn near drowned
[G]But all tho[C]se smi[G]ling faces
[C]just mea[F]n one thing to me
[C]For every man[Dm] with a c[Em]alloused hand
[F]there's a ble[C]ssing fro[G]m the sea[C]
For every [G]man with a [Em]calloused hand
[F]there's a ble[C]ssing fro[G]m the sea[C]
There's an islander
somewhere lonesome
cause he can't be home today
To have a little sip of the moonshine
And [D]haul another load away
[G]In the lan[C]d of the great potato
Where the [F]lobster feeds are wild
[C]And we thank the bos[Dm]s for the Iri[Em]sh moss
[F]On [C]old Prince Edw[G]ard Isle
[C]We thank the[Dm] boss for the Iri[C]sh moss
[F]Down [C]on old Prince [G]Ed ward [C]Isle