Key: A major
Verse 1
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and the battles they fought
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To tear down the rule of crown
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How my eyes fill with tears
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when it's brought to my ears
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Of the man who'll ne 'er be forgotten.
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In Carrickfergus Paddy Kelly was born
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At a time of injustice and pain
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When his only foe had struggled and fought
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In the grip of those cold English chairs.
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As he grew to man he saw at first hand
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The plight of his country around him.
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they laid down their lives
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In the depths of those cold
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of the great Bobby Sands,
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For his country he took up the fight.
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had given his life
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To gain Ireland's justice and right.
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So back to his family's hometown
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of Dungannon,
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He moved there to start a new life,
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of his family's long history,
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Of rebels against England's might.
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of our bold IRA,
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From his humble beginnings well known,
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Of the men from that great
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East Tyrone.
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had miserably failed
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to lay down our volunteer load
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our hero would strike one more blow
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He trained up our bold volunteers to man,
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As his ancestors did long before him.
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it ran just the same,
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With the longing for old Ire
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land's freedom.
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Then at Lough Gall one day,
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Went bravely to fight for their freedom,
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with their lives they hafted,
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And our men fell in action forever.
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So he led him to rest in old Edendorf
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With the green sod and
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shamrock of hemp
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To a man they had all loved so dearly
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In the days of that great Easter I say
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Paddy Kelly, the pride of Dundianan
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Paddy Kelly, the pride of Dundianan
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