The Merry Ploughboy

FG | A3 A B3 A | A2 E4 EF | G3 A B2 A2 | F6
GF | E2 A2 c3 B | B2 A2 E3 A | A2 E2 G2 F2 |
D6FG | A3 A B3 F | A2 E4 EF |
G3 A B2 A2 | F6GF | E2 A2 c3 B |
B2 A2 E2 AA | A2 E2 G2 F2 | D6 ||
FG | A2 AA B/B/B BF | A2 EE E2 EF | G2 G2 A/A/A-AG | F6
GF | E2 A2 c2 BB | B2 A2 E2 AA | AA EE G2 F2 |
D6 ||
W:Well I am a merry ploughboy and I plough the fields all day
W:Till a sudden thought came to me head that I should roam away
W:For I am sick and tired of slavery since the day I was born
W:And I am off to join the I.R.A. and I am off tomorrow morn.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:And we're all off to Dublin in the green, in the green
W:Where the helmets glisten in the sun
W:Where the bay'nets flash and the riffles crash
W:To the rattle of a Thompson gun.
W:
W:I'll leave aside me pick and spade, I'll leave aside me plough
W:I'll leave aside me horse and yoke, I no longer need them now
W:I'll leave aside me Mary, she's the girl that I adore
W:And I wonder if she'll think of me whe hears the riffles roar.
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:And when the war is over, and dear old Ireland is free
W:I'll take her to the church to wed and a rebel's wife she'll be
W:Well some men fight for silver and some men fight for gold
W:But the I.R.A. are fighting for the land that the Saxons stole.
W:
W:Chorus