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