Dubliners - The Irish Navy Chords

Someone told me since, the three vessel mentioned in the song
have been decommissioned and scr*pped decades ago and I 
imagine there probably won't be a Russian invader anymore...

Chorus
     G                          D
The Clíona, the Meabh and the Mucha
     G                  C
The pride of the Irish navy
     G                               D
When the Captain he blows on his whistle
                                   G
All the sailors go home for their tea

     G                         D 
While the army is off in the Kongo
     G                      C 
In Cyprus or some foreign parts
     G                        D
Our navy is strained to the limits
                        G
Deploying its nautical acts
     G                      D
One day from the Russian invader
     G                  C
Defending our very odd fish
     G                          D
We found it was just the red herring
                                  G
 
Chorus
 
Each year they go on manoeuvres
To prepare for defence they are keen
Sometimes it's the Lakes of Killarney
More often the pond in the Green
The can*l it could be of assistance
In defending our own holy ground
But due to proposed legislation
We'll have to sail all the way round
 
Chorus
 
We are a seafaring nation
Defence of our land is a right
We'd fight like the devil all morning
Provided we're home by the night
 
Chorus