Lyrics and Chords

Molly Malone or Cockles and Mussels

The lyrics to Molly Malone are well known across the world and are synonymous with the city of Dublin for many people.

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The song is in 3 / 4 time with nearly every chord change occurring on the main beat of the bar.

Molly Malone lyrics and chords

 

In  

G 

Dublin’s fair  

Em 

city

 

Where the  

Am 

girls are so  

D7 

pretty,

 

I  

G 

first set my  

Em 

eyes

 

On sweet  

C 

Mollie 

 

Ma

D7 

lone.

 

As she  

G 

wheeled her wheel

Em 

barrow,

 

Through the  

Am 

streets broad and  

D7 

narrow

 

Crying  

G 

‘Cockles and  

Em 

Mussels

 

A

G 

live, 

 

a

D7 

live, 

 

 

G 

oh’.

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Chorus

 

G 

Alive, alive,  

Em 

oh,

 

Am 

Alive, alive,  

D7 

oh,

 

Crying  

G 

‘Cockles and  

Em 

Mussels,

 

G 

Alive, a  

D7 

live,

G 

oh’.

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She was a fishmonger,

But sure t’was no wonder,

For so were her father

And mother before.

And they both wheeled their barrow,

Through the streets wide and narrow,

Crying ‘Cockles and Mussels,

Alive, alive, oh’.

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Chorus

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She died of a fever,

And no one could save her

And that was the end

Of sweet Mollie Malone.

Now her ghost wheels her barrow,

Through the streets broad and narrow,

Crying ‘Cockles and Mussels,

Alive, alive, oh’.

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Chorus

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