title: The Son Of A Gambolierkey: Irishharp type: Chromaticgenre: Dskill: AnyIrish folk songKey: DTime: 6/8-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 6 -6*-6*-6*I’m a ram-bling wretch of pov-er-ty-5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5From Tip-p’ry town I came-5 -6*-6*-6* 7 -7 -7 -7‘Twas pov-er-ty com-pelled me first-7 -8 6 6 6 6To go out in the rain-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8In all sorts of weath-er-8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7Be it wet or be it dry5*5* -5 -5 -5 6 -6* -6* -6*I am bound to get my live-li-hood-5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5Or lay me down and die-3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -6*Then com-bine your hum-ble dit-ties-6* -5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5As from tav-ern to tav-ern we steer-5 -6*-6* -6* 7 -7 -7Like ev-‘ry hon-est fel-low-7 -8 6 6 6 6I drinks my la-ger beer-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8Like ev-‘ry jol-ly fel-low-8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7I takes my whis-ky clear5* 5* -5 -5 -5 6 -6* -6*-6*I’m a ram-bling wretch of pov-er-ty-5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5And the son of a gam-bo-lier5* 5* -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -6* -6*I’m the son of a son of a son of-6*-6*-6*-5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5A son of a son of a gam-bo-lier