This is from the live version,
Nice and easy chords, grand fun to play
and gets anyone listening to you wondering
what the feck a skideri-diddle-dum is, as they sing along.
As always any mistakes are mine
- flatwound -
THE RARE OLD MOUNTAIN DEW
[Verse 1]
C F C G
Where the grasses grow, And the waters flow, In a free and easy way
C F C G C
But give me enough, Of the rare ol' stuff, That's made near Galway Bay
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Come goughers all, From Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too
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And we'll give 'em the slip,And we'll take a sip, Of the rare ol mountain dew
[Chorus]
C F C G
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-ey-day
C F C G C
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-dum-day
[Verse 2]
C C
There's a neat little still At the foot of the hill
C F
Where the smoke curls up to the sky
C F
By the whiff and the smell, You can plainly tell
C G C
That there's poteen brewin' nearby
C C C F
For it fills the air, With a perfume rare, And betwixt both me and you
C F C G C
And it's home we go, With a pint or bowl, Or a bucket full a mountain dew
[Chorus]
C F C G
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-ey-day
C F C G C
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-dum-day
[Verse 3]
C C C F
Now learned men, Who use the pen, Have written your praises high
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Of the rare poteen, From Ireland green, That's made from wheat and rye
C C C F
So, Away with yer pills, It'll cure all ills, Be ya, Pagan, Christian or Jew
C F C G C
So take off yer coat, And grease yer throat, With a bucketfull of mountain dew
[Chorus]
C F C G
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-ey-day
C F C G C
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-dum-day
C F C G
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-ey-day
C F C G C
Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-diddle-dum, Skideri-um-A-di, A-diddle-dum-day
