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Verse 1
Verse 2
Dm
C
I took back my hand and I
Dm
C
Gm
No dollar of mine would I part with this day,
Bb
F
Dm
for fueling the engine of
Bb
F
a bloody cruel war,
Gm
Dm
In my forefather's home far away,
C
Verse 3
Dm
C
Who fled the first fammine wearing
Bb
F
all that they own.
Dm
Were called navigators
C
Gm
all ragged and torn,
Bb
F
Dm
and built the grand trunk here
Bb
F
and found a new home,
Dm
C
F
where ever their children were born.
Verse 4
F
Dm
C
Bb
Their sons have no politics none
Dm
alliegence from long gener
C
D
Gm
ations be fore.
Bb
F
Dm
"O" this or "O" that
Bb
F
name can't matter at all,
Gm
Dm
C
or be cause enough for to war.
Verse 5
Dm
C
And meanwhile my babies are
Bb
F
safe in their home.
Dm
Unlike their pale cousins who
C
Gm
Bb
cower and cry,
F
Dm
while kneecappers nail their
Bb
F
poor dads to the floor,
Dm
C
and teach them to hate
and to die.
F
Fsus4
F
Verse 6
Dm
C
It's those cruel beggers who
Bb
F
spurn the fare point,
Dm
The peace for their kids they
C
Dm
Gm
Bb
could take at their will.
F
Dm
Since the day old King Billy pre
Bb
F
vailed at the Boyne,
Gm
They've bombed and they've
Dm
maimed and they've killed.
C
Verse 7
Dm
C
Now they cry out for money
Bb
F
and they wail at the door,
Dm
but home rule or republic 'tis
C
Dm
Gm
Bb
all of it shame
F
Dm
And a curse for us here who
Bb
F
want nothing of war.
Dm
C
F
We're kindred in nothing but name.
Interlude 1
F
Dm
C
Bb
F
Dm
Csus4
Gm
Bb
F
Dm
Bb
F
Dm
Csus4
C
F
Verse 8
Dm
C
All rights and all wrongs have long
Bb
F
since blown away,
Dm
For causes are ashes where
C
Dm
Gm
Bb
children lye slain,
F
D
Dm
Bb
F
Yet the damned UDL and the cruel IRA
Gm
Dm
will tomorrow go murdering again.
C
Verse 9
Dm
C
But no penny of mine will I
Bb
F
add to the fray.
Dm
Remember the Boyne they
C
Dm
Gm
Bb
will cry out in vein,
F
Dm
For I've given my heart to
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F
the place I was born
Gm
Dm
and for given the whole
Dm
C
King Billy and the whole house
Stan Rogers 1983
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