Kevin Barry chords by Ploughboy Lads
Verse 1
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In Mount Joy Jail, one Monday morning,
G#m
high upon the gallows tree,
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Kevin Barry gave his young life
for the cause of liberty.
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Just the light of eighteen summers
And yet no one can deny
G#m
C#
As he walked to death that morning
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He proudly held his head on high
Countly standing to attention
When he bid his last farewell
G#m
C#
To his broken -hearted mother,
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whose sad grief no one could tell
For the cause he proudly cherished,
this sarcastic had to be
G#m
C#
Then to death walk softly smiling,
that old Ireland might be free
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Just before he faced the hangman
G#m
In his dreary prison cell
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British soldiers tortured Barry
Just because he would not tell
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The names of his great comrades
And the things they wished to know
G#m
C#
Turn informer or we'll kill you,
Kevin Barry answered no
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Another martyr for old Ireland,
another murder for the crown
G#m
C#
Whose brutal laws may kill the Irish,
but can't keep their spirits down
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Lads like Barry are no cowards,
G#m
C#
from the fall they will not fly.
Lads like Barry will free Ireland,
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for her sake they live and die. you
Kevin Barry
Ploughboy Lads
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