[ Предположительная тональность: D ] The Sea Around Us - Traditional Irish Tab'd by wompton VERSE 1: D A They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair G A That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare, D A If it's water you want, you'll find nothing more rare G A D Than the stuff they make down by the ocean. CHORUS: D G D The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide* A G A Long may it roam between England and me D A It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water. VERSE 2: D A Tom Moore made his "Waters" meet fame and renown G A A great lover of anything dressed in a crown D A In brandy the bandy old Saxon he'd drown G A D But throw ne'er a one in the ocean. CHORUS: D G D The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide* A G A Long may it roam between England and me D A It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water. VERSE 3: D A The Scots have their Whisky, the Welch have their speech G A And their poets are paid about tenpence a week D A Provided no hard words on England they speak G A D Oh Lord, what a price for devotion. CHORUS: D G D The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide* A G A Long may it roam between England and me D A It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water. VERSE 4: D A The Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do G A But dream of the plundered old Irish they slew, D A "Yeh will in yer vikings" said Brian Boru G A D And threw them back into the ocean. CHORUS: D G D The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide* A G A Long may it roam between England and me D A It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water. VERSE 5: D A Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join G A Each wanting his head on the back of a coin D A If the Irish had sense they'd drowned both in the Boyne G A D And partition thrown into the ocean. CHORUS: D G D The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide* A G A Long may it roam between England and me D A It's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water. A G A D Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water.