Tom: D
D A
The boys in the farm are working the plow
A
They're picking potatoes and milking the cow
D A
But we haven't time for shovel or sow
A D
We work at the roving trade
[Chorus]
D A
Here's to the music and here's to the night
C G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life
D A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
A D
And here's to the roving trade
[Verse]
D A
Back on the road we're going to be
A
Rogues and romances of high degree
D A
The lassies are happy whenever they see
A D
The boys of the roving trade
[Chorus]
D A
Here's to the music and here's to the night
C G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life
D A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
A D
And here's to the roving trade
[Verse]
D A
Dublin and Cork and Galway are fine
A
And Limerick is beautiful most of the time
D A
But Belfast is never to far from me mind
A D
I miss her whenever I roam
[Chorus]
D A
Here's to the music and here's to the night
C G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life
D A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
A D
And here's to the roving trade
[Verse]
D A
We've traveled the world for many's a mile
A
Singin' and playin' and bringin' a smile
D A
And soon we'll be back in the Emerald Isle
A D
For Paddy is headed for home
[Chorus]
D A
Here's to the music and here's to the night
C G
And here's to the whiskey the water of life
D A
Here's to the lassies we're holding them tight
A D
And here's to the roving trade
D A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
C G
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
D A
Di da dee dum di dee diddley i ay
A D
Di da dee dum dee di dum
