Six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee - Richard Hayward [Verse 1] [G] One day down in [D] Bangor I called on Miss [G] Brown She was up in her bath so she [D] couldn't come down Said [G] I slip on something and [C] come down [G] quick So she slipped on the [D] soap and was down in a [G] tick [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]dee [Verse 2] [G] One day at the [D] market I bought a wee [G] hen I thought I would like a fresh [D] egg now and then But the [G] very next morning I [C] got a great [G] shock Says the hen I can't [D] lay sure I’m only a [G] cock [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]dee [Verse 3] [G] One day I was [D] walking down the Main [G] Street I saw a wee lad with no [D] shoes to his feet I [G] took pity on [C] him then and [G] there I went into a [D] fruit shop and bought him a [G] pear [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]deee [Verse 4] [G] I once met a man with a [D] hole in his [G] head They took out my brain for to [D] mend it he said That’s [G] awkward says I, but says [C] he not at [G] all Sure I'm only a [D] deputy up in the [G] dole [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]dee [Verse 5] [G] I met an old [D] man at a funeral one [G] day His back it was stooped and his [D] hair it was gray I'm [G] close on a hundred he [C] said with a [G] groan Well, said I, you'd be [D] wasting your time to go [G] home [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]dee [Verse 6] [G] I dreamt I did die [D] and to heaven did [G] go And the place that I came from they [D] wanted to know Says [G] I, I'm from Bangor. St. [C] Peter did [G] stare Hurry up, step [D] inside, you're the first one from [G] there [Chorus] [G] Tra la [C]la, Tra la [G] lee For it’s six miles from [D] Bangor to [C]Donagha[G]dee