St Brendans Voyage Chords

[Instrumental Intro]
F  C  G  C x 2
 
[Verse]
  C                                 F              C
A boat sailed out of Brandon, in the year of five-o-one.
        C                                F           G
Twas a damp and dirty morning Brendan’s voyage had begun.
C                             F              C
Tired of thinning turnips and cutting curley kale
        C                               G              C
When he got back from the creamery,  he hoisted up the sail.
 
[Verse]
   C                               F                      C
He ploughed a lonely furrow to the north, south, east and west
   C                       F               G
Of all the navigators, St. Brendan was the best.
     C                               F                C
When he ran out of holy water he was forced to make a stop,
   C                               G             C
He tied up in Long Island and put America on the map.
        F                      C
Did you know that Honolulu was found by a Kerryman,
         G                         C
Who went on to find Australia then China and Japan.
     F                      C
When he was touchin’ 70, he began to miss the crack,
     C                        G               C
Turnin’ to his albatross sez he “I’m headin’ back”.
 
[Chorus]
       F                   C
Is it right or left for Gibraltar
G                             C
What tack do I take for Mizen Head?
     F                               C
I’d love to settle down near Ventry Harbour,
     C               G           C
St. Brendan to his albatross he said.
 
[Verse]
   C                                 F               C
To make it fast he bent the mast and built up mighty steam.
       C                    F                G
Around Terra del Fuego and up the warm Gulf Stream,
   C                             F               C
He crossed the last horizon, Mt. Brandon came in sight
    C                                G              C
And when he cleared the customs into Dingle for the night.
F                                   C
When he got the Spuds and bacon he went to douse the drought,
   G                           C
He headed west to Kruger's to murder pints of stout
   F                        C
Around by Ballyferriter and up the Conor Pass
   C                               G                 C
He freewheeled into Brandon, the saint was home at last.
 
[Chorus]
       F                   C
Is it right or left for Gibraltar
G                             C
What tack do I take for Mizen Head?
     F                               C
I’d love to settle down near Ventry Harbour,
     C               G           C
St. Brendan to his albatross he said.
 
[Verse]
      C                         F                 C
The entire population came, the place was chock-a-block
C                                 F               G
Love nor money wouldn’t get your nose inside the shop.
    C                                   F                  C
The fishermen hauled up their nets, the farmers left their hay,
C                                    G             C
Kerry people know that saints don’t turn up every day.
F                           C
Everything was going great til Brendan did announce
    G                           C
His reason for returning was to try and set up house.
    F                        C
The girls were flabbergasted at St. Brendan’s neck
    C                              G           C
To seek a wife so late in life and him a total wreck.
 
[Chorus]
       F                   C
Is it right or left for Gibraltar
G                             C
What tack do I take for Mizen Head?
     F                               C
I’d love to settle down near Ventry Harbour,
     C               G           C
St. Brendan to his albatross he said.
 
[Verse]
C                           F                  C
Worn down by rejection that pierced his humble pride,
 C                                   F                G
“Begod”, says Brendan “If I run, I’ll surely catch the tide”
C                         F                     C
Turning on his sandals he made straight for the docks
    C                        G                 C
And hauling up his anchor he cast off from the rocks.
      F                                  C
As he sailed past Inismhicheallain there stood the albatross
   G                               C
“I knew you’d never stick it, it's great to see you boss”
     F                            C
“I’m bailing out” says Brendan, “I badly need a break
     C                               G               C
Two weeks of looking at Fungie is as much as I could take.”
 
[Chorus]
       F                   C
Is it right or left for Gibraltar
G                             C
What tack do I take for Mizen Head?
     F                               C
I’d love to settle down near Ventry Harbour,
     C               G           C
St. Brendan to his albatross he said.
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