Cricklewood Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords

Christy Moore.First recorded by The Grehan Sisters from Boyle Co. Roscommon around 1966 when they played the pubs and clubs around London and the south of England. There's not many of their recordings around anymore but they played a big part in the ballad scene along with The Dubliners at the time. This song was written by John B. Keane and was on Christy Moore's first album Paddy On The Road [ song ] which was released in 1969. Many Irish people lived in Cricklewood, London and called it home from home. There's plenty of songs that came out of that area and another from this site is about a man with a J.C.B. which was a massive hit for Irish singer Seamus Moore called '' The J.C.B. Song [ lyrics ]

Come [C]all you true born [F]Irishmen
And [C]listen to my [G]song 
I [C]am a bold buck [F]navy 
And I [C]don’t know [G]right from [C]wrong 

Of [C]late I was trans[F]ported boys 
From [C]Eiren’s holy [G]shore 
My [C]case is sad my [F]crime is bad 
For [C]I was [G]born [C]poor 

Chorus 
Oh [C]Cricklewood Oh [F]Cricklewood 
You [C]stole my youth a[G]way 
For [C]I was young and [F]innocent
And [C]you were [G]old and [C]grey 

[C]If you’re born [F]poor me Boys 
It [C]is an awful [G]state 
The [C]judge will sit u[F]pon yer crime
And [C]this he [G]will re[C]late

I [C]find the prisoner [F]guilty
And the [C]law I must lay [G]down 
[C]Let this man be trans[F]ported straight
A[C]way to [G]Camden [C]town 

Chorus

Then [C]take him down to [F]Cricklewood 
And [C]place him in the [G]pub 
And [C]call the limey [F]Governer 
To [C]force him [G]for his [C]sup

Then [C]take him down to [F]Cricklewood 
To [C]morter grease and [G]lime 
And [C]let him rot in [F]Cricklewood
U[C]ntil he’s [G]served his [C]time.