Edmond O Sullivan – Dingle Bay chords

[Intro]
D G D


[Verse]
 D                   G              DThe sun was sinking, toward the westward.
                            Em    A7The fleet is leaving Dingle shore.
  D              G            DI watch the men, row in there curraghs,
        G                A                    D   D7as they mark the fishing grounds near Scellig more.



    G                                     DAll through the night, men toil until the daybreak,
                                                    Em   A7while at home their wives and sweethearts kneel and pray.
     D         G                 DThat God might guard them and protect them,
    G                 A              D   D7and send, them safely back to Dingle bay.




  G                      DI see the green Isle, of Valencia,
                              Em   A7i mind the caves around Lough Lien.
    D        G                 DThe gannets, swinging with abandon,
   G                     A                       D   D7as they watch the silver store, that comes their way.




  G                      DI also see a ship on the horizon,
                                Em  A7she is sailing to a country far away.
   D         G                  DOn board are exiles feeling loneley,
   G                A                  D   D7as they wave a fond farewell to Dingle bay.




    G                          DNow years have past, as I game homeward,
                             Em   A7and time has left me old and gray.
  D        G                  DI sit, and muse about my childhood,
    G             A               D   D7and happy hours i spent in Dingle bay.




  G                        DI see again the green Isle Valencia,
                                    Em   A7and the Isle of Inishmore seems far away.
  D         G                  DI am always dreaming of my homeland,
      G             A              Dand a little spot I left on Dingle bay.---2x