Released 2006
2/4 Timing, 86Bpm, 2 Strums Per Chord
- Means Repeat The Previous Chord
Arrows Help Singers To Know Where The Melody Is Going
Traditional Ulster Song
(If Its Too Low To Sing, Try Capo 3)
Intro
Verse 1
From Sweet Dungannon To ↑Ballyshannon
And From Cully↓Hanna To Old Ar↓Boe.
I _Have Roamed And Rambled, Caroused And Gambled
Where Songs Do Thunder And Whiskey Flows
It Being ↑Late And Early, ↑I've Tramped Through Derry
And To Porta↓ Ferry In The County ↓Down
But_With All My Rakin', And Undertaking
My Heart Was Achin' For Omagh Town!
Verse 2
When Life Grew Dreary And ↑I Grew Weary
I Set Sail For ↓England From Derry ↓Quay
And_T'was When I Landed Sure Fate Commanded
That I To London Should Make My Way
Where ↑Manys A Gay Night ↑From Dark Till Daylight
I Spent With ↓People Of High Re↓Nown
But_With All Their Glamour And Uproarious Manner
My Lip's Did Stammer, 'Sweet, Omagh Town'!
Instrumental
"As Verse"
Verse 3
And In Further Goin,' My ↑Wild Oats Sowin
To New York ↓City I Crossed The ↓Sea
Where The Congregations Of Rich Relations
Stood At The Harbour To Welcome Me
In ↑Grand Apparel, ↑Like Dukes Or Earls
They Tried To ↓Raise Me With Sword And ↓Crown
But_With All Their Splendour And Heaps To Spend Sure
My Heart Was Aching For Omagh Town'!
Verse 4
And When Life Is O-Ver An' ↑I Shall Hover
A-Bove The ↓Gates Where Saint Peter ↓Stands
And He Will Call Me For To Install Me
A-Mong The Saints In The Golden Lands
And ↑I Shall Answer, ↑'I Am Sure It's Grand, Sir
For To Play The ↓Harp And To Wear The ↓Crown
But_I Bein' Humble, Sure I'll Never Grumble
If Heaven's As Charmin' As Omagh Town'!
