The Sash My Father Wore chords by
Liam Clancy

N/A

Key: Bb major•

Verse 1
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Oh, it was old, but it was beautiful,
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And its colours they were fine.
It was worn at Derry,
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Ockham, Enniskillen,
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and the Pine.
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Oh, me father wore it as a youth
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In the bygone days of  yore,
And it's on the twelfth
I love to wear the sash me
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father wore
And when the Scottish Nationalists
stole this from Ireland
It became a song about Queen Elizabeth
You see they never had a first
Elizabeth in Scotland
So their point was how can
you have a second Liz
if the first one's never been
Oh, nae Liz the one,
nae Laelibeth the twa,
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nae Liz shall ever be
For we'll make our land republican
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D D 
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and the Scottish break away
Oh, now Scotland has nae got a king
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And she has nae got a queen
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For how can you have a second Liz
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D D 
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When the first one's never been?
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Nae Liz the one, nae lily bit the twa
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Nae Liz shall ever dee
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And we'll make Ireland republican
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and the Scottish break away
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Now her man's called the
Duke of Edinburgh,
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he's one of yon kilted Greeks
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But I hope the wind blows his
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plaidy o 'er for it's
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Lizzie wears the breeks
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And Nellie's the one,
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Nellie's a bit the twa,
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Nellie's shall ever be
And we'll make her land republican
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And the Scottish break away
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An d her sister Meg has
a pony pair o' legs
But she didnae want a
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German or a Greek
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Peter Townsend was her choice,
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but he didn't suit the boy,
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so they sent him up the creek.
Oh, but Meg was fly,
and she got them by and by,
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with Tony hyphenated Armstrong.
But behind the pomp and play,
the question of the day
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was who the hell is Susie Wong?
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And Nellie's the one, Nellie, the twa,
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Nellie's shall ever be
And we'll make her land republican,
and the Scottish break away
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So here's a health to the line,
to the bonnie rampant line
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And a long stretch to his paw
Give the Hampton Roar,
and it's oot the door,
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ta -ha -ta -ti, cheerlies maw.
And Nellie's the one, Nellie,
li -bit the twa,
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Nellie's shall ever be.
And we'll make her land republican,
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and the Scottish break away.