Eileen Og (aka The Pride of Petrovar) – Percy French
[Em]Eileen Og an’ that the darlin’s name is
[D]All through the Barony her features they were famous
[Em]If we loved her then, well who was there to blame us
For wasn’t she the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var?
[C]But her beauty [G]made us all so shy
[D]Not a man could [Em]look her in the eye
[C]Boys, oh boys, sure [Em]that’s the reason why
We’re in [Em]mournin’ for the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
[chorus] [C]Eileen
Og me [G]heart is turnin’ grey,
[D]Ever since the day you [Em]wandered far away
[C]Eileen Og there’s [G]good fish in the say,
But there’s [Em]none quite like the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
[Em]Friday at the fair of Ballintubber
[D]Eileen met McGrath the cattle jobber
I’d [Em]like to set me mark upon the robber
For he stole away the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
He [C]never seemed to [G]see the girl at all
[D]Even when she ogled him from [Em]underneath her shawl
[C]Lookin’ big and masterful while [Em]she was lookin’ small
Most pro-[Em]vokin’ for the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
[chorus]
[Em]So it went as ’twas in the beginning
[D]Eileen Og was bent upon the winning
[Em]Big McGrath con -- tentedly was grinning
Being courted by the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
Sez [C]he “I know a girl that could [G]knock you into fits”
At [D]that Eileen, she [Em]nearly lost her wits
The [C]upshot of the ruction was that [Em]now the robber sits
With his [Em]arm around the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var
[chorus]
[Em]Boys, oh boys, with fate ’tis hard to grapple
[D]Of my eyes ’tis Eileen was the apple
[Em]Now to see her marchin’ to the chapel
With the hardest featured [D]man in Petro-[Em]var
[C]Now, boys, this is [G]all I have to say
[D]When you do your courtin’ just [Em]make you no display
If you [C]want them to run after you, just [Em]walk the other way
For they’re [Em]mostly like the [D]Pride of Petro-[Em]var