-Capo 2 or 3 -Standard Tuning-
Chords in brackets are non-essential
C Dm F C Dm F F
C Dm F
On a warm summer late morning in a field outside Glenarm,
C Dm F
There was two young fellas resting; they had toiled their father's farm,
C Dm F
When a tall gentleman rider approached them with a smile,
C F
saying "brothers, would yis listen for a while?"
C Dm F
He said "our country's called Ireland, it's the garden of the earth,
C (Dm) G F
And I've dreamed of a future where our people know their worth,
C Dm F
Where the laws are written by reason, not landlords, kings, or priests
C F
Yis can have this boys, if you would walk with me."
C F
C Dm F
"Ah well all people want freedom, so came the two replies,
C Dm F
Oh but more people fear treason, the redcoats and their spies"
C Dm F
But the tall rider embraced them, "I have true men in Belfast,
C F
I am Henry, I'll be faithful to the last."
C Dm F
"And the proud armies of Ulster boast twenty thousand men,
C Dm F
From the dark allies of Belfast, North Down and Antrim's glens,
C Dm F
Sure, we rose yesterday morning and threw the gauntlet down,
C F
And tomorrow boys we enter Antrim town."
C Dm F
Singing "our country's called Ireland, it's the garden of the earth,
C (Dm) G F
And I've dreamed of a future where our people know their worth,
C Dm F
Where the laws are written by reason, not landlords, kings, or priests
C F
You can have this boys, if you would walk with me."
CGDD
C Dm F
With their pikes trembling before them, they stormed the barracks' gate,
C Dm F
Let our proud nation adore them, every man there knew his fate,
C Dm F
They had no rifle or cannon, or wages from the crown,
C F
But the redcoats stood in line and shot them down.
C F C F
C Dm F
To the dark, cold Belfast mountain the rebels they laid low,
C Dm F
To a dark wattled cottage, young Henry he did go,
C (Dm) F
There were no French boats approaching, or allies from the south,
C F
But not a word of doubt came out from Henry's mouth.
C Dm F
Cold, tired, and hungry, young Henry made his vow,
C Dm F
"From your proud mothers I stole you, and I won't desert you now,
C Dm F
We are sons of the republic, not panthers but free men,
C F
And it's never going to be the same again."
C Dm F
"Our country's called Ireland, it's the garden of the earth,
C (Dm) G F
And I've dreamed of a future where our people know their worth,
C Dm F
Where the laws are written by reason, not landlords, kings, or priests
C F
Yis can have this boys, if you would walk with me."
C F C F
C Dm F
Through those dark Belfast alleys they dragged young Henry Joy,
C Dm F
And the same Orangemen cursed him, who had loved him as a boy,
C Dm F
In the true faith of Jehovah, he feared no death-drum's role,
C F
"May God and the Republic take my sole."
C Dm F
"Our country's called Ireland, it's the garden of the earth,
C (Dm) G F
And I've dreamed of a future where our people know their worth,
C Dm F
Where the laws are written by reason, not landlords, kings, or priests
C F
Yis can have this boys, if you would walk with me."
C F
"Ye can have this boys, if you would walk with me."
C Dm F C
This is only my second tab so sorry if any of it is wrong. Please let me know if it is.
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