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