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Em                    Am 
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains, 
C                  Am 
Wild geese fly and foxes play; 
C                G 
Sporting Wicklow boys are working, 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
Am                     C        G 
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it! 
Am      C                    Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
Em               Am 
Below Armagh the wild ducks breeding, 
C                Am 
Wild fowl gather on Lough Rea, 
C                     G 
The sporting boys of Longford County 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
Em                        Am 
The Lough Derg trout grow fat and lazy, 
C                  Am 
Salmon sport in Cushla bay; 
C             G 
Fishermen of Connemara 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
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Em                    Am 
The curragh rots on Achill Island, 
C                  Am 
Tourists walk on the Newport quay; 
C                     G 
Mayo boys have all gone roving, 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
Em                    Am 
The Carlow girls are fine and handsome, 
C                  Am 
All decked out so neat and gay; 
C             G 
Carlow boys don't come to court 'em 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay. 
 
Em                    Am 
Down in the dark are the tunnel tigers, 
C                  Am 
Far from the sun and the light of day; 
C             G 
Down in the land that the sea once buried, 
Am      C                   Am  Em Am 
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.