4-4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Oh, Paddy, dear and did you hear 5 5 -4 -4-4 -4 the news that's goin' 'round? 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 The shamrock is forbid by law 4 -4 4 4 4 4 to grow on Irish ground. 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Saint Patrick's Day no more to keep; 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 His color can't be seen, 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 for there's a bloody law agin' 4 -4 4 4 4 4 the wearin' of the green. 76 -6 -6 6 5 6 6 I met with Napper Tandy 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 5 and he took me by the hand, 7 -7 -6 -6 6 5 6 4 and he said, "How's poor old Ireland 5 -44 -3 3 3 and how does she stand?" 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 She's the most distressful country 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 that ever you have seen. 6 -6 -5 7 -6 -6 6 5 They're hanging men and women there 4 -4 4 4 4 4 For wearin' of the green.