Irish Astronomy (hi-lo)

by Irish-American folk song · posted by WaltP

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

IRISH ASTRONOMY hi-lo
By: C.G. Hapline
Irish-American folk song
Key: G

3  4  4   4  4 -3” 3    3
6  7  7   7  7 -6  6    6
O’ Ry-an was a man of might

 3    4   4   -4 -4 5   4
 6    7   7   -8 -8 8   7
When Ire-land was a na-tion

 5   -5   -5   5   5    -4    4   -3
 8   -9   -9   8   8    -8    7   -7
But poach-ing was his heart’s de-light

 3  -3”   3   2  3  -3” 3
 6  -6    6   5  6  -6  6
And con-stant oc-cu-pa-tion

3    4   4   4  3  -3” 3   3
6    7   7   7  6  -6  6   6
He owned an old mi-li-tia gun

 3   4   4    -4  -4   5   4
 6   7   7    -8  -8   8   7
And cer-tain sure his aim was

5   -5  -5   5    4  -4 -4 4 -3
8   -9  -9   8    7  -8 -8 7 -7
He gave the keep-ers man-y a run

 3  3  -3”  3   2    3   -3”  3
 6  6  -6   6   5    6   -6   6
For he did-n’t care for game laws

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