Rifles Of The I.R.A. chords by The Wolfe Tones
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In nineteen hundred and sixteen,
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the forces of the Crown
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To take the orange, white, and green,
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bombarded Dublin town
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But in '21, Britannia's huns
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were forced to earn their pay
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And the Black and Tans like lightning ran
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from the rifles of the I.R.A.
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Verse 2
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They burned their way through Munster
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and laid Leinster on the rack
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In Connaught and in Ulster
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marched the men of brown and black
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They shot down wives and children
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in their own heroic way
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And the Black and Tans like lightning ran
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from the rifles of the I.R.A.
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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They hanged young Kevin Barry high,
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a lad of eighteen years
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Cork city's flames lit up the sky
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but our brave boys knew no fear
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The Cork Brigade with hand grenades
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in ambush waiting lay
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And the Black and Tans like lightning ran
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from the rifles of the I.R.A.
Verse 4
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The Tans tans were caught,
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taken out and shot
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by the brave and valiant few
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Sean Treacy, Denny Lacey,
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and Tom Barry's gallant crew
Though we're not free yet,
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we won't forget
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until our dying day
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How the Black and Tans like lightning ran
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from the rifles of the I.R.A.
Rifles Of The I.R.A.
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