Key: G major
Verse 1
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Em
You've heard of Julius Caesar
Am
D
And how the Cork militia
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A
beat the Turks at Waterloo
D
G
But there's a page of glory
that as yet remains uncut
Am
D
And that's the warlike story
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Em
Am
D
on the shattery mounted foot
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D
G
This gallant corps was organised
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D
by Sch lattery's eldest son
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Am
D
G
A noble -minded poacher
A
D
with a double -breasted gun
and many an eye was shut
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D
G
When learning to manoeuvre
Em
Am
D
in the Schlattery mounted foot
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D
G
And down from the mountains
Four and twenty fighting men
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G
When going into action,
We sang a song and marched along
in schlappery's mouth
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D
G
Em
G
Em
and foot.
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D
G
Well, first we reckoned night
around O'Sullivan she been,
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D
G
It used to be the shop -house,
Em
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D
but we called it bed -canteen.
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D
Em
But there we saw a notice
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G
which the bravest heart unnerved
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G
All liquor must be settled for
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Am
D
G
before the drink is served
D
G
So on we marched but soon again
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D
G
each war rior's heart grew pale
D
G
For rising high in front of us
Em
A
D
we saw the county jail
bout was just in time to find
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D
G
A couple of stout policemen
Em
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D
had surrounded us behind
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D
G
An d down from the mountains
Four -and -twenty fighting men
D
G
When go ing into action
We sang a song and marched
along
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D
G
Em
G
with slattery's mounted foot
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D
G
Em
We'll cross the ditch, our leader cried,
Am
D
G
But yells of consternation
Em
A
D
here arose from every rank,
we very plainly saw,
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D
G
Trespassers prosecuted
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Am
D
G
in accordance with the law.
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G
We're done, exclaim, oh, slathery,
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G
here ends our grand campaign,
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Tis merely throwing life away
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D
to face the Meeren train.
but I'm braver nor a hen,
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D
And he who fights and runs away
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G
will live to fight again.
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G
And back to the mountains
Four and twenty fighting men
D
G
When go ing into action,
We sang a song
amongst the long -inched larch trees
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