Passage West

	  		

  Am               C 
I met my love in Passage west 
                      F 
The sun was sinking down to rest 
                   Em 
The river to the stars confessed 
            F 
‘Twas the dark haired woman I loved best 

We wandered down by the Chapel Square 
And there was magic in the air 
And Mother Nature gently pressed 
The burning river to her breast 

I offered her a golden ring 
My hand, my heart and everything 
I offered her a sweet love nest 
By the flowing banks of Passage West 

                          C                         G 
Chorus; Oh love will you go, will you go, will you go? 
                   Am                            F                 
Or love will you stay, will you stay, will you stay? x2 

We watched the ferry come and go 
We watched the river ebb and flow 
The tide breathe in, the tide breathe out 
We watched the Passage flowers grow 

The ghostly forms of the hungry years 
In sad procession did appear 
With hope and sorrow made their way 
For their passage west to Amerikay 

Chorus 

The famine queen stood tall and proud 
On either bank the people bowed 
From Passage West came a Fenian yell 
Rule Brittania, rule in hell! 

The grass grows green on the other side 
And mighty ships sail out the tide 
To far flung harbours across the sea 
Far away from Passage, my love and me 

Chorus, verse 1, end