Dubliners, The Rare Old Mountain Dew (1979)
Key: :[C] (w: Traditional)
INTRO: [C] [F] ^
[C] ^
[G] [C]
VERSE 1:
Let
[C] the grasses grow and the
[F] waters flow, in a
[C] free and easy
[G] way
But
[C] give me enough of the
[F] rare old stuff, that's
[C] made near
[G] Galway
[C] Bay
Come
[C] gougers all from
[C] Donegal,
[C] Sligo and Leitrim
[Am] too
And we'll
[C] give 'em the slip and we'll
[F] take a sip, of the
[C] rare old
[G] Mountain
[C] Dew
CHORUS:
Hi di-
[C]-diddly-idle-um, diddly-
[F]-doodle-idle-um, diddly-
[C]-doo-ri-diddlum-
[G]-deh
Hi di-
[C]-diddly-idle-um, diddly-
[F]-doodle-idle-um, diddly-
[C]-doo-ri-
[G]-diddlum-
[C]-deh
VERSE 2:
At the
[C] foot of the hill there's a
[F] neat little still, where the
[C] smoke curls up to the
[G] sky
By the
[C] smoke and the smell you can
[F] plainly tell, that there's
[C] poitín
[G] brewing near
[C] by
It
[C] fills the air with a
[C] perfume rare, in-
[C]-between both me and
[Am] you
When
[C] home you go, you can
[F] take a bowl, or a
[C] bucket of
[G] Mountain
[C] Dew
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [C] [F] [C] [G] /
[C] [F] ^
[C] ^
[G] [C]
VERSE 3:
Now
[C] learned men who
[F] use the pen, have
[C] written your praises
[G] high
That
[C] sweet poitín from
[F] Ireland green, that's
[C] made from
[G] wheat and
[C] rye
Go
[C] away with your pills, it'll
[C] cure all ills, for a
[C] Pagan, Christian or
[Am] Jew
Take
[C] off your coat and
[F] grease your throat, with a
[C] bucket of the
[G] Mountain
[C] Dew
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [C] [F] [C] [G] /
[C] [F] ^
[C] ^
[G] [C]