Welcome poor Paddy home [Intro] [D] [A] [D] [D ] [Verse 1] I [D] am a [ A] true born [G] Irishman [D ] I'll [D] never de- [A] ny what I [G] am [A] I was [D] born in [A] sweet Tipper- [G] ary [D] town Three [D] thousand [A] miles a- [D] way [D] [CHORUS] Hur- [D] ray me [A] boys hur-[D]ray [D] No [D] more do I [A] wish for to [G] roam [A] For the [D] sun it will [A] shine in the [G] harvest [D] time To [D] welcome poor [A] Paddy [D] home [D] [Verse 2] The [D] girls they are [A] gay and [G] frisky [D] They'd [D] take you [A] by the [G] hand [A] Saying [D] Jimmy mo [A] chroi will you [G] come with D me To [D] welcome the [A] stranger [D] home [D] [CHORUS] Hur- [D] ray me [A] boys hur-[D]ray [D] No [D] more do I [A] wish for to [G] roam [A] For the [D] sun it will [A] shine in the [G] harvest [D] time To [D] welcome poor [A] Paddy [D] home [D] [Verse 3] In [D] came the [A] foregin [G] nation [D] And [D] scattered all [A] over the [G] land [A] The [D] horse, the [A]cow, the [G]goat, sheep and [D]sow Came [D] into the [A] strangers [D] hands [D] [CHORUS] Hur- [D] ray me [A] boys hur-[D]ray [D] No [D] more do I [A] wish for to [G] roam [A] For the [D] sun it will [A] shine in the [G] harvest [D] time To [D] welcome poor [A] Paddy [D] home [D] [Verse 4] The [D] Scotsman can [A] boast of the [G] thistle [D] And [D] England can [A] boast of the [G] rose [A] But [D] Paddy can [A] boast of the [G] Emerald [D]Isle Where the [D] dear [A] shamrock [D] grows [CHORUS] Hur- [D] ray me [A] boys hur-[D]ray [D] No [D] more do I [A] wish for to [G] roam [A] For the [D] sun it will [A] shine in the [G] harvest [D] time To [D] welcome poor [A] Paddy [D] home [D]