Saint Patrick's Battalion Lyrics And Chords
The sheet music is included. Written by David Rovics Optional chords: Dsus2 (XX0230), Bsus2 (224402), D and Bm may be used instead. Another song about John Reilly from Clifden Galway and The St. Patrick's Battilion who fought for the Mexicans against America in 1847.
And here's a song about Saint Patrick which is quiet popular in Ireland .
And here's a song about Saint Patrick which is quiet popular in Ireland .
Intro: D-Dsus2-D D-Dsus2-D
My [D]name is John [Bm]Riley –Bsus2 I'll [G]have your ear only a [D]while –Dsus2 I [G]left my dear home in [D]Ireland –F#m It was [Bm]death, star[F#m]vation or [Bm]exile –A-G And [G]when I got to A[D]merica –Dsus2 It [G]was my duty to [Bm]go [D]Enter the Army and [G]slog across Texas To [A]join in the war against [Bm]Mexico –Bsus2-Bm-A And it was [D]there in the pueblos and [Bm]hillsides –Bsus2 That I [G]saw the mistake I had [D]made –Dsus2 [G]Part of a conquering [D]army –F#m With the [Bm]morals of a [F#m]bayonet [Bm]blade –A-G So in the [G]midst of these poor, dying [D]Catholics –Dsus2 Screaming [G]children, the burning stench of it [Bm]all My[D]self and two hundred [G]Irishmen De[A]cided to rise to the [Bm]call Chorus From Dublin [G]City to San [D]Diego –Dsus2 [A]We witnessed freedom de[Bm]nied So we [G]formed the Saint Patrick Ba[D]ttalion And we [A]fought on the Mexican [Bm]side –Bsus2 We [G]formed the Saint Patrick Ba[D]ttalion And we [A]fought on the Mexican [Bm]side –Bsus2-Bm-A We [D]marched 'neath the green flag of Saint [Bm]Patrick –Bsus2 Em[G]blazoned with "Erin Go [D]Bragh" –Dsus2 [G]Bright with the harp and the [D]shamrock –F#m And "Liber[Bm]tad para [F#m]Republi[Bm]ca" –A-G [G]Just fifty years after [D]Wolftone –Dsus2 [G]Five thousand miles a[Bm]way The Yanks [D]called us a Legion of [G]Strangers And [A]they can talk as they [Bm]may “But” - Chorus We [D]fought them in Mata[Bm]moros –Bsus2 While their [G]volunteers were raping the [D]nuns –Dsus2 In [G]Monterey and Cerro [D]Gordo –F#m We [Bm]fought on as [F#m]Ireland's [Bm]sons –A-G We were the [G]red-headed fighters for [D]freedom –Dsus2 Amidst these [G]brown-skinned women and [Bm]men Side by [D]side we fought against [G]tyranny And I [A]daresay we'd do it a[Bm]gain Chorus + instrumental verse + instrumental chorus We [D]fought them in five major [Bm]battles –Bsus2 Churo[G]busco was the [D]last –Dsus2 Over[G]whelmed by the cannons from [D]Boston –F#m We [Bm]fell after [F#m]each mortar [Bm]blast –A-G [G]Most of us died on that [D]hillside –Dsus2 In the [G]service of the Mexican [Bm]state So [D]far from our occupied [G]homeland We were [A]heroes and victims of [Bm]fate Chorus without lines 5 and 6 + full Chorus |
Saint Patrick's Battalion Sheet Music |