Key: E major
Verse 1
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In Bownshire's jail,
one Monday morning
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in the cause of liberty
But a lad of eighteen summers,
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As he walked to death that morning
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He proudly held his head up high
Why not shoot me, just like a soldier
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And do not hang me, like a dog
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For I fought to free old Ireland
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On that bright September morn
All around that little bakery
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For I fought to free Ireland
Cap 'ly standing to attention,
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Why'd he bid his last farewell?
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To his broken -hearted mother,
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Whose sad grief no one can tell.
For the cause he proudly cherished,
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this sad parting had to be
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Then to death walk softly smiling
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That old is land might be free
Kevin Marie
Kevin Marie
Kevin Marie
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