Basisaccord: H-Moll –> Capo 2 Am
Hauptinterpret: Siegi
| Am | C | G |
Come Irish men both young and stern with adventure in your soul
| Am | G |
There are better ways to spend your days. than working down a hole
| Am | C | G |
I curse the day that I went away, To work on the hydro dam
| Am | G |
Blood, sweat and tears, our hopes and fears, Bound up in shuttering jams
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| :C | G | Am | G |
I was tall and true, all of six foot two, till they broke me across the back
| Am | C | G | Am | G | Am |
By a name I ‚m known, It’s not my own, hey call me Crooked Jack
The blue eyed gangers pet was I Big Jack could do no wrong
The reason simply was because I could work hard hours and long
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I’ve seen men old before their time, their faces dark and gray
I never thought that I myself. would soon be the self same way
Chorus
I cursed the day I went away. to work on those Hydro dams
For sweat and tears or hope and fear. bound up a shuddering jams
Chorus
They say that honest toil is good for the body and the soul
but I tell you boys it’s blood and sweat. that they want you down a hole
Chorus