Rifles of the IRA The Wolfe Tones
Lyrics and guitar chords
In
The
To Capture Orange,
Bom
But in twenty one,
Were
When the
From the
They
and laid
Through Connaught and in
Marched the men
They shot down wives and
In their
And the
From the
They hanged young Kevin Barry high,
A
Cork City’s flames lit
But our
The Cork Brigade with
In am
And the
From the
The
By the
Sean Treacy, Denny,
And Tom Barr
Though we’re not free ye
Un
How the
From the
G
nineteen hundred and sixteen,The
C
Forces D
of the G
Crown,To Capture Orange,
Em
White and Green,Bom
D
barded Dublin G
Town,But in twenty one,
Em
Britannia's huns,Were
D
forced to earn their G
pay,When the
G
Black and Tans, like lightning ranFrom the
C
rifles of the D
IRG
AThey
G
burned their way through Munsterand laid
C
Leinster D
on the G
rack,Through Connaught and in
Em
Ulster,Marched the men
D
in brown and G
black,They shot down wives and
Em
child-er-en,In their
D
own heroic G
way,And the
G
Black and Tans, like lightning ranFrom the
C
rifles of the D
IRG
AThey hanged young Kevin Barry high,
A
C
lad of D
eighteen G
years,Cork City’s flames lit
Em
up the sky,But our
D
brave boys knew no G
fear.The Cork Brigade with
Em
hand grenadeIn am
D
bush waiting layG
,And the
G
Black and Tans, like lightning ranFrom the
C
rifles of the D
IRG
AThe
G
tans were got, taken out and shotBy the
C
brave and D
the valiant few, G
Sean Treacy, Denny,
Em
Lacey,And Tom Barr
D
y’s gallant crew, G
Though we’re not free ye
Em
t, we won’t forgetUn
D
til our dying G
dayHow the
G
Black and Tans, like lightning ranFrom the
C
rifles of the D
IRG
A
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