САРО I
Intro: C G D G
VERSE 1:
C G D G
Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing.
D G C G Em
For the love of one’s country is a terrible thing.
D G C G Em
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
G C G D G C G D G
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.
VERSE 2:
C G C D G
My name is О’Hanlon and I’ve just gone sixteen.
D G C G Em
My home is in Monaghan, where I was weaned.
D G C G Em
I’ve learned all my life, cruel England to blame,
G C G D G C G D G
And so I’m a part of the patriot game.
VERSE 3:
C G C D G
It’s nearly two years since I wandered away,
D G C G Em
With the local battalion of the bold IRA.
D G C G Em
I read of our heroes, and I wanted the same,
G C G D G C G D G
To play out my part in the patriot game.
VERSE 4:
C G C D G
They told me how Connolly was shot in the chair,
D G C G Em
His wounds from the battle all bleeding and bare.
D G C G Em
His fine body twisted, all battered and lame,
G C G D G C G D G
They soon made me part of the patriot game.
VERSE 5:
C G C D G
This Ireland of ours has for long been half free.
D G C G Em
Six counties are under John Bull’s tyranny.
D G C G Em
So I gave up my boyhood to drill and to train,
G C G D G C G D G
To play my own part in the patriot game.
VERSE 6:
C G C D G
And now as I lie here, my body all holes
D G C G Em
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold.
D G C G Em
I wish that my rifle had given the same,
G C G D G C G D G
To those quislings who sold out the patriot game.
Intro: C G D G
VERSE 1:
C G D G
Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing.
D G C G Em
For the love of one’s country is a terrible thing.
D G C G Em
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
G C G D G C G D G
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.
VERSE 2:
C G C D G
My name is О’Hanlon and I’ve just gone sixteen.
D G C G Em
My home is in Monaghan, where I was weaned.
D G C G Em
I’ve learned all my life, cruel England to blame,
G C G D G C G D G
And so I’m a part of the patriot game.
VERSE 3:
C G C D G
It’s nearly two years since I wandered away,
D G C G Em
With the local battalion of the bold IRA.
D G C G Em
I read of our heroes, and I wanted the same,
G C G D G C G D G
To play out my part in the patriot game.
VERSE 4:
C G C D G
They told me how Connolly was shot in the chair,
D G C G Em
His wounds from the battle all bleeding and bare.
D G C G Em
His fine body twisted, all battered and lame,
G C G D G C G D G
They soon made me part of the patriot game.
VERSE 5:
C G C D G
This Ireland of ours has for long been half free.
D G C G Em
Six counties are under John Bull’s tyranny.
D G C G Em
So I gave up my boyhood to drill and to train,
G C G D G C G D G
To play my own part in the patriot game.
VERSE 6:
C G C D G
And now as I lie here, my body all holes
D G C G Em
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold.
D G C G Em
I wish that my rifle had given the same,
G C G D G C G D G
To those quislings who sold out the patriot game.
