Blood Stained Bandage Lyrics And Chords - Irish Rebel
Irish Rebel song lyrics and guitar chords, and the guitar chords by Marc Fahrbach. music 6/8. Another tribute to those men who gave their lives for their country and paid the ultimate price
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A (G)cold May mornin’ was breaking
Over (Am)Dublin’s dreary town Six(D)teen brave men have fallen To the rifles of the (G)crown Because they’d loved their country And (Am)served it night and day But be(D)fore they faced the rifles This is what those boys did (G)say Chorus Take a(G)way the blood-stained bandage From (Am)off an Irish brow We (D)fought and bled for Ireland And we will not shirk it (G)now We have held her in her struggle, In an (Am)answer to her call And be(D)cause we sought to free her We are placed against a (G)wall Ned (G)Daly, Heuston, Colbert Mac(Am)Donagh and MacBride Mac(D)Dermott and the brothers Kent With Clarke and Plunkett (G)died Mick Mallin, Pat and Willie Pearse O’(Am)Hanrahan and Ceannt And the (D)last of all James Connolly this message to them (G)sent Chorus twice Chords in the key of D.
A (D)cold May mornin’ was breaking Over (Em)Dublin’s dreary town Six(A)teen brave men have fallen To the rifles of the (D)crown Because they’d loved their country And (Em)served it night and day But be(A)fore they faced the rifles This is what those boys did (D)say Chorus Take a(D)way the blood-stained bandage From (Em)off an Irish brow We (A)fought and bled for Ireland And we will not shirk it (D)now We have held her in her struggle, In an (Em)answer to her call And be(A)cause we sought to free her We are placed against a (D)wall Ned (D)Daly, Heuston, Colbert Mac(Em)Donagh and MacBride Mac(A)Dermott and the brothers Kent With Clarke and Plunkett (D)died Mick Mallin, Pat and Willie Pearse O’(Em)Hanrahan and Ceannt And the (A)last of all James Connolly this message to them (D)sent Chorus twice |
Sixteen brave men were executed for their part
in the Easter uprising Dublin ireland 1916 Thomas Clarke 3 May 1916 Patrick Pearse 3 May 1916 Thomas MacDonagh 3 May 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett 4 May 1916 Edward Daly 4 May 1916 Michael O'Hanrahan 4 May 1916 William Pearse 4 May 1916 John MacBride 5 May 1916 Con Colbert 8 May 1916 Eamonn Ceannt 8 May 1916 Michael Mallin 8 May 1916 Sean Heuston 8 May 1916 thomas kent 9 May 1916 james Connolly 12 May 1916 Sean MacDermott 12 May 1916 Roger Casment 3 August 1916 
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