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Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E
Liam Clancy - Navy Boots On ## NOTE: I have left the title spelled 'Navy', as it is on the record. ## ## However, the correct spelling and pronunciation is 'Navvy', a ## ## contraction of the word Navigator. That is what the unskilled ## ## Irish canal and railroad labourers were called in England. ## CAPO: 1st Fret [INTRO:] C [VERSE 1:]
I'm a bold Irish navvy who Fworked on the Cline And the first place I worked was NewFcastle-on-GTyne But Cthrough a misfortune that Fhappened in Gfun I reCmember the night I'd me Fnavvy boots Con
[VERSE 2:]
When the day's work was over I Fshaved off me Cbeard To meet the young lady, I Fwas well preGpared For to Cmeet the young lady, I Fthen hurried Gdown And I Cmet her that night with me Fnavvy boots Con
[VERSE 3:]
When I knocked on her window, my Fknock it was Clow When I knocked on her window, my Fknock she did Gknow She Cjumped out of bed crying, "FIs that you GJohn?" "Well, it Ceven it is, love, with me Fnavvy boots Con"
[VERSE 4:]
Then she opened the door and inFvited me Cin "Come up to the fire, love, and Fwarm your Gskin" Well, her Croom door being open and the Fblankets turned Gdown I Cjumped into bed with me Fnavvy boots Con
[VERSE 5:]
It was all of that night we did Fsport and did Cplay Never thinking of time as it Fsoon passed aGway Then she Cleaped out of bed crying, "FWhat have I Gdone? For the Cchild will be born with his Fnavvy boots Con"
[VERSE 6:]
I chastised me love so for Ftalking so Cwild "Ya foolish young girl, you will Fnever have a Gchild" For Call that I, ditched her, 'Ftwas only in Gfun Then I Cran like hell with me Fnavvy boots Con
[VERSE 7:]
It was very soon after I was Fsummoned to Ccourt To pay for me sins there as Fevery man Gought I give Cten bob a week now to Fpay for the Gfun That I Chad that night with me Fnavvy boots Con