X:1
T:The Beautiful City of Sligo
B:Singing Together, Summer 1979, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
A/G/  |F2 C C2 C  |D3/2D/D C2 A/G/ |F2 C C2 C | B3  A2
w:We may tramp the earth for all that we're worth, But what odds where you and I go?
 A/G/ |F2 C C2 C |DED B2 F/F/ |BcB ABA | G3 F2
w: We shall ne-ver meet a spot_ so sweet As the beau-ti-ful Ci-ty of Sli-go.
 c/B/ |ABc d2 c |ABc d2
w:Oh_ sure she's a Queen in pur-ple and green,
c/B/ |ABc ABc | ABc A2
w:As she shim-mers and glim-mers her gar-dens be-tween;
 c/B/ |ABc d2 c |ABc d2
w: And a-way to Lough Lene the like is-n't seen
c/B/ |ABc ABc | BAG F2
w: Of her ri-ver a qui-ver with sha-dow and sheen,
 F |B3/2c/B ABA |G3 F2 z |]
w:The beau-ti-ful Ci-ty of Sli-go
W:We may tramp the earth for all that we're worth,
W:But what odds where you and I go?
W:We shall never meet a spot so sweet
W:As the beautful City of Sligo.
W:
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Oh, sure she's a Queen in purple and green,
W:As she shimmers and glimmers her gardens between;
W:And away to Lough Lene the like isn't seen
W:Of her river a quiver with shadow and sheen,
W:The beautiful City of Sligo
W:
W:Tho' bustle and noise and some folks' joys,
W:Your London just gives me vertigo,
W:You can hear yourself talk when out you walk
W:Thro' the beautiful City of Sligo.
W:
W:As an artist in stones a genius was Jones,
W:Whom so querrly they christened Inigo,
W:But he hadn't the skill to carve a Grass Hill,
W:For the beautiful City of Sligo