Gra Mo Criodh Lyrics And Chords
The Wolfe Tones lyrics and guitar chords for Gra Mo Criodh. The chords were worked out by Marc Patrick Fahrbach. The best site by far for The Wolfe Tones songs. This is one of those songs that have the title in Gaeilge and the lyrics in English. There are only a handful of songs that I know of that do this.
GRA MO CRIODH 3/4
Last (C)night I had a pleasant dream, though (F)restless (G)where I (D)be
I (G)dreamt again, brave (C)Irishmen, had (D7)set old Ireland (G)free(G7)
And (C)how excited I became, when I (F)heard the (G)cannons (C)roar
Oh (F)Gra mo Criodh, I (C)long to see, old (G)Ireland (G7)free once (C)more.
It`s true we`ve had brave Irishmen as everyone will know
O`Neil, O`Donnell, Sarsfield too, Lord Edward and Wolfe Tone
Also Robert Emmett who till death did not give o`er
Oh Gra mo Criodh, I long to see, old Ireland free once more.
Now we can't forget those former years, they're wretched in memory still
Of the Fenian men of '98, who fought at Vinegar Hill
With Father Murphy [ song ] by their side, and the green flag flying o'er
Oh Gra mo Criodh, I long to see, old Ireland free once more.
Allan, Larkin and O`Brien died their country to set free
Some day soon brave Irish men will make the English flee
By day and night they`ll always fight `til death they`ll not give o`er
Oh Gra mo Criodh, I long to see, old Ireland free once more.
Oh Gra mo Criodh, I long to see, old Ireland free once more.
Gra Mo Chroi Lyrics And chords in the key of G.
Last (G)night I had a pleasant dream, though (C)restless (D)where I (A)be
I (D)dreamt again, brave (G)Irishmen, had (A7)set old Ireland (D)free(D7)
And (G)how excited I became, when I (C)heard the (D)cannons (G)roar
Oh (C)Gra mo Criodh, I (G)long to see, old (D)Ireland (D7)free once (G)more.
Last (G)night I had a pleasant dream, though (C)restless (D)where I (A)be
I (D)dreamt again, brave (G)Irishmen, had (A7)set old Ireland (D)free(D7)
And (G)how excited I became, when I (C)heard the (D)cannons (G)roar
Oh (C)Gra mo Criodh, I (G)long to see, old (D)Ireland (D7)free once (G)more.
HOW SARSFIELD DESTROYED THE SIEGE TRAIN.
In August, 1600, King William III laid siege to Limerick, which was defended by Sarsfield (Lord Lucan) and the Governor Boileau. His siege train of great cannons and ammunition to batter down wall and city was on its way from Dublin, guarded by a convoy of two troops of horse. When Sarsfield received intelligence of this, he at once took 500 picked horsemen and quietly crossed Thomond Bridge into Clare on the night of Sunday, 10th August: galloped northwards and crossed the Shannon into Tipperary by a deep and dangerous ford above Killaloe; and as morning approached halted on the northern base of Kimaultha or Keeper Hill, a lofty mountain fifteen miles in a direct line from Limerick. Monday morning they moved leisurely round Kimaultha, and turning southwards, rested in the glens at the eastern extremity of Slieve Felim mountains. Towards nightfall on that day-Monday-Sarsfield's scouts brought word that the convoy were preparing to encamp beside Ballyneety. The old castle of Ballyneety stood on the summit of a rock, then called Kinmagown (MacGowan's hill), but since known as "Sarsfield's Rock," two miles from the village of Cullen, near Limerick Junction Railway Station.
At midnight they set out southwards for a ride of about twelve miles across country in the moonlight; and passing through Cullen came on the encampment about 2 o'clock in the morning, taking the whole party by surprise. What followed is told with sufficient clearness and detail in the ballad.
The next ballad (p. 21) will tell the result of the attempt to storm the city.t
Stories of Sarsfield's exploit are current among the people of
King William's army was altogether on the Limerick side of the Shannon.
† A full account of the siege of Limerick, with the capture and destruction of William's siege train by Sarsfield, will be found in Joyce's Child's History of Ireland, or Joyce's Concise History of Ireland.
In August, 1600, King William III laid siege to Limerick, which was defended by Sarsfield (Lord Lucan) and the Governor Boileau. His siege train of great cannons and ammunition to batter down wall and city was on its way from Dublin, guarded by a convoy of two troops of horse. When Sarsfield received intelligence of this, he at once took 500 picked horsemen and quietly crossed Thomond Bridge into Clare on the night of Sunday, 10th August: galloped northwards and crossed the Shannon into Tipperary by a deep and dangerous ford above Killaloe; and as morning approached halted on the northern base of Kimaultha or Keeper Hill, a lofty mountain fifteen miles in a direct line from Limerick. Monday morning they moved leisurely round Kimaultha, and turning southwards, rested in the glens at the eastern extremity of Slieve Felim mountains. Towards nightfall on that day-Monday-Sarsfield's scouts brought word that the convoy were preparing to encamp beside Ballyneety. The old castle of Ballyneety stood on the summit of a rock, then called Kinmagown (MacGowan's hill), but since known as "Sarsfield's Rock," two miles from the village of Cullen, near Limerick Junction Railway Station.
At midnight they set out southwards for a ride of about twelve miles across country in the moonlight; and passing through Cullen came on the encampment about 2 o'clock in the morning, taking the whole party by surprise. What followed is told with sufficient clearness and detail in the ballad.
The next ballad (p. 21) will tell the result of the attempt to storm the city.t
Stories of Sarsfield's exploit are current among the people of
King William's army was altogether on the Limerick side of the Shannon.
† A full account of the siege of Limerick, with the capture and destruction of William's siege train by Sarsfield, will be found in Joyce's Child's History of Ireland, or Joyce's Concise History of Ireland.
