The First Cork Brigade Brigade Irish Song lyrics And Chords

This is an old Irish rebel song dedicated to the fighting first Cork brigade of the I.R.A. There's another song called The Belfast Brigade that Christy Moore sings which uses the very same tune as this song, so if you want to know the air of this song then have a listen to Christy singing The Belfast Brigade. The Third West Cork Brigade is another similar song that's also included on this site an is better known.

When[G] Lloyd George's hired gunmen came and shot MacCurtain down, 
They [C]thought the I.R.A. was dead in [G]Cork's own rebel town. 
But they got a rude awakening when the debt was partly [Em]paid 
In Lisburn [Am]and the Lower[D] Road by the[C] First Cork [G]Brigade.
 
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Glory, Glory to old Ireland,
Glory, Glory to our sireland.
Glory, Glory to the men who fought and fell.
No surrender is the war-cry of the First Cork Brigade.
 
We bombed them in the Abbey, we bombed them in the Glen.
We bombed them up in Dillon's Cross, they bombed us back again. We bambed them in the "Wessie" and we bombed them in the Parade, And we gave them who began it in the First Cork Brigade.
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We have no shiny gaiters or no Sam Brown belts to show. But we're able to defend ourselves wherever we may go.
We're out for the Republic and to hell with ye're Free State. We are the boys of the First Cork Brigade.
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