I took back my hand, and I showed him the door
LAm REm FANo dollar of mine would I part with this day
DO LAm FA DOFor fueling the engine of a bloody cruel war
In my forefathers' home far away;
Who fled the first famine wearing all that they owned
LAm REm FAWere called navigators, all ragged and torn,
DO LAm FA DOAnd built the grand trunk here, and found a new home
Wherever their children were born.
Their sons have no politics. None can recall
LAm REm FAAllegiance from long generations before
DO LAm FA DOO'this or O'that name can't matter at all.
Or be cause enough for to war.
And meanwhile, my babies are safe in their home
LAm REm FAUnlike their pale cousins who cower and cry
DO LAm FA DOWhile kneecappers nail their poor dads to the floor
And teach them to hate and to die.
It's those cruel beggars who spurn the fair coin
LAm REm FAThe peace for their kids they could take at their will:
DO LAm FA DOSince the day old king Billy prevailed at the Boyne
They've bombed and they've maimed and they've killed.
Now they cry out for money, and wail at the door
LAm REm FABut home rule or republic, 'tis all of it shame;
DO LAm FA DOAnd a curse for us here who want nothing of war.
We're kindred in nothing but name.
All rights and all wrongs have long since blown away,
LAm REm FAFor causes are ashes where children lie slain.
DO LAm FA DOYet the damned U.D.L. and the cruel I.R.A.
Will tomorrow go murdering again.
But no penny of mine will I add to the fray
LAm REm FA"Remember the Boyne" they will cry out in vain,
DO LAm FA DOFor I've given my heart to the place I was born
And forgiven the whole House of Orange;
LAm SOL DOKing Billy and the whole House of Orange.
I took back my hand, and I showed
DO..him the door
LAm REmNo dollar of mine would I part
..with this day
DO LAm FAFor fueling the engine of a bloody
DO..cruel war
In my forefathers' home far away;
Who fled the first famine wearing
FA DO..all that they owned
LAm REmWere called navigators, all ragged
..and torn,
DO LAmAnd built the grand trunk here,
FA DO..and found a new home
Wherever their children were born.
Their sons have no politics. None
DO..can recall
LAm REmAllegiance from long generations
..before
DO LAm FAO'this or O'that name can't matter
DO..at all.
Or be cause enough for to war.
And meanwhile, my babies are safe
DO..in their home
LAmUnlike their pale cousins who
..cower and cry
DO LAmWhile kneecappers nail their poor
FA DO..dads to the floor
And teach them to hate and to die.
It's those cruel beggars who spurn
DO..the fair coin
LAmThe peace for their kids they
..could take at their will:
DO LAmSince the day old king Billy
FA DO..prevailed at the Boyne
They've bombed and they've maimed
SOL..and they've killed.
LAm SOL
Now they cry out for money, and
FA DO..wail at the door
But home rule or republic, 'tis
REm FA..all of it shame;
DO LAmAnd a curse for us here who want
..nothing of war.
LAm SOL DOWe're kindred in nothing but name.
LAm SOL
All rights and all wrongs have
FA DO..long since blown away,
For causes are ashes where
REm FA..children lie slain.
DO LAmYet the damned U.D.L. and the
..cruel I.R.A.
LAm FA SOLWill tomorrow go murdering again.
LAm SOL FA
But no penny of mine will I add to
DO..the fray
"Remember the Boyne" they will cry
FA..out in vain,
DO LAmFor I've given my heart to the
..place I was born
LAm FA SOLAnd forgiven the whole House of
..Orange;
LAm SOLKing Billy and the whole House of
DO..Orange.
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