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SingsIrish Songs Lyr/Chords Req: soldiers song (3) Lyr/Chords Add: SOLDIER'S SONG / AMHRAN NA BHFIANN 28 Apr 00


Here are the English lyrics and chords which I got from Prof's Irish Music Pages ( http://www.prof.co.uk/irish1.htm ). If you need help with the music or want the Irish lyrics, check out the site and put in an email request.

SingsIrish Songs

THE SOLDIER'S SONG
(Amhran Na Bhfiann)

[C]We'll sing a [G6]song, a [F]soldier's [C]song:
With [F]cheering, [C]rousing [G]chorus
As [C]round our [G]blazing [F]fires we [C]throng:
The [G]starry [D]heavens [G]o'er us,
Im-[F]patient [G7]for the [C]coming fight;
And [G]as we [Em]wait [D7]the [G]morning's light
[G7]here [C]in the [G]silence [F]of the [Em]night;
[D7]We'll [C]chant a [G7]soldier's [C]song.

chorus:-

[C]Soldiers are we; Whose [F]lives are pledged to [C]Ireland
Some [Em]have [Am]come; From a [D]land beyond the [G]wave,
[C]Sworn to be free; No [F]more our ancient [G]sire-land
Shall shelter the [Em]despot [D7]or the [G]slave
To-[Dm]night we [G7]man the [C]"bhearna bhaoil":
In [Em]Erin's [F]cause, [D7]come [G]woe or [G7]weal,
Mid [C]cannons' [G]roar and [F]rifl-[E]es' peal;
[D7]We'll [C]chant a [G]sol-[G7]dier's [C]song

In valley green, on towering crag; Our fathers fought before us
And conquered 'neath the same old flag; That's proudly floating o'er us
We're children of a fighting race; That never yet has known disgrace
And as we march the foe to face; We'll chant a soldier's song

chorus

Sons of Gael! Men of the Pale!; The long watched day is breaking
The serried ranks of Inisfail; Shall set the tyrant quaking,
Our camp fires now are burning low; See in the east a silv'ry glow
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe; So chant a soldier's song

chorus


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