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St. Brendans Fair Isle
When DI was a lad on the GEmerald DIsle,
I heard Bmmany stories Dboth lovely and Bmwild.
A Dbout the great dragons and Gmonsters that Dbe,
That swallow the Bmships as they Dsail on the Bmsea.
'Tho GI was an artist with canvas and paints,
I sailed with Saint Brendan and his jolly Dsaints.
We Gtold the good people, "Goodbye for a while,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle, fair Gisle,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle.
When Dwe had been sailing for Gninety-four Ddays,
We came Bmto a spot where the Dsea was Bmablaze.
DThose demons from Hades Gwas dancing with Dglee
And burning the Bmsailors aDlive on the Bmsea
Then GSaint Brendan walked on the festering waves,
He threw all the demons right back to their Dcaves,
And Gall of the saints bore a heavenly smile,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle, fair Gisle,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle.
One Dnight while the brethren Gwere lying Dasleep,
A great Bmdragon came up from Dunder the Bmdeep.
DHe thundered and lightGninged and made a great Ddin;
He awakened BmSaint Brendan Dand all of Bmhis men.
The Gdragon came on with his mouth open wide.
We threw in a cross and the great dragon Ddied.
We Gskinned him and cooked him and feasted awhile
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle, fair Gisle,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle.
At Dlast we came onto that Gbeautiful Dland.
We all Bmwent ashore and we Dwalked on the Bmsand.
DWe took up our longbows and Gkilled a DZebu.
We roasBmted it up and Dhad hot Bmbarbecue.
And Gafter a while we were singing a song,
We noticed the island was moving Dalong.
We Gate and we drank and we rode in high style,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle, fair Gisle,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle.
Now DBrendan said, "Boys, this is Gmuch to my Dwish
"We Bmride on the back of the Dworld's biggest Bmfish
"DHold fast to the rope Gthat is Dpulling the ship,
"We'll Bmneed it some Dday if this Bmfish takes a dip!"
We Gsailed every ocean, we sailed every sea,
We sailed every spot that a Dsailor could be.
In Gforty-four days we sailed ten million miles,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle, fair Gisle,
We Dsailed for ASaint Brendan's Dfair isle.

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St Brendans Fair Isle

by Misc Traditional

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St. Brendans Fair Isle

D G D

When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle,

Bm D Bm

I heard many stories both lovely and wild.

D G D

A bout the great dragons and monsters that be,

Bm D Bm

That swallow the ships as they sail on the sea.

'Tho I was an artist with canvas and paints,

I sailed with Saint Brendan and his jolly saints.

We told the good people, "Goodbye for a while,

D A D G

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle,

D A D

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.

D G D

When we had been sailing for ninety-four days,

Bm D Bm

We came to a spot where the sea was ablaze.

D G D

Those demons from Hades was dancing with glee

Bm D Bm

And burning the sailors alive on the sea

Then Saint Brendan walked on the festering waves,

He threw all the demons right back to their caves,

And all of the saints bore a heavenly smile,

D A D G

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle,

D A D

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.

D G D

One night while the brethren were lying asleep,

Bm D Bm

A great dragon came up from under the deep.

D G D

He thundered and lightninged and made a great din;

Bm D Bm

He awakened Saint Brendan and all of his men.

The dragon came on with his mouth open wide.

We threw in a cross and the great dragon died.

We skinned him and cooked him and feasted awhile

D A D G

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle,

D A D

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.

D G D

At last we came onto that beautiful land.

Bm D Bm

We all went ashore and we walked on the sand.

D G D

We took up our longbows and killed a Zebu.

Bm D Bm

We roasted it up and had hot barbecue.

And after a while we were singing a song,

We noticed the island was moving along.

We ate and we drank and we rode in high style,

D A D G

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle,

D A D

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.

D G D

Now Brendan said, "Boys, this is much to my wish

Bm D Bm

"We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish

D G D

"Hold fast to the rope that is pulling the ship,

Bm D Bm

"We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip!"

We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea,

We sailed every spot that a sailor could be.

In forty-four days we sailed ten million miles,

D A D G

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle,

D A D

We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle.

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