The Merry Plough Boy Lyrics And Chords

Also included is the tin whistle notes in the key of D and the sheet music.. Written by Jeremiah Lynch . Recorded by  Dominic Behan, The Dubliners , The Wolfe Tones , Dermot O'Brien , Eire Og , and Johnny McEvoy [ song lyrics ]. The sheet music notes are included and the guitar chords are in D with a version in G in chordpro. The youtube video is from 1974 and features The Dubliners with Ronnie Drew on vocals. This old ballad was out in the 1960's and it was then I learned it, at school. Yes, in them days we learned how to sing ballads in the classrooms in Ireland.

The Merry / Jolly Plough Boy Song Words And Guitar Chords In D Major

Well[D] I am a merry[A] ploughboy
And I plough the fields by[D] day
Till a[A] sudden thought came through my mind
That I should[A7] run a[D]way.
For[D] I'm tired of this[A] civilian life
Since the[G] day that I was[D] born
So I'm[A] off to join the I.R.A.
And im off to[G]morrow[D] morn
 
[Chorus]
And[D] were of to[A] Dublin in the green in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the[D] sun
Where the bayonets[A] flash and the rifles crash
To the echo of a[A7] Thompson[D] gun
 
I'll leave aside my pick and spade
I'll leave aside my plough
And I'll leave aside my old grey mare
For no more I'll need them now
 
I'll leave aside my Mary
She's the girl I do adore
And I wonder if she'll think of me
When she hears the cannon roar
 
And when the war is over
And dear old Ireland's free
I will take her to the church to wed
And a rebel's wife she'll be
 
Well some men fight for silver
And some men fight for gold
But the I.R.A. are fighting for
The land the Saxon's stole

The Merry Ploughboy Tin Whistle Notes are by Jean-Baptiste Meynard, and so is the youtube video.

F G A A B A A E E F G G A A F G F E A C A B A E A B A E F G F D
F G A A B F G A A A E E F G G A A F G F E A C A B A E A B A E F G E D
F G A A B A A E E F G G A A F G F E A C A B A E A A A E F G F D

Here are a set of chords in the key of G


Well[G] I am a merry[D] ploughboy
And I plough the fields by[G] day
Till a[D] sudden thought came through my mind
That I should[D7] run a[G]way.
For[G] I'm tired of this[D] civilian life
Since the[C] day that I was[G] born
So I'm[D] off to join the I.R.A.
And im off to[C]morrow[G] morn
 
[Fhorus]
And[G] were of to[D] Dublin in the green in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the[G] sun
Where the bayonets[D] flash and the rifles crash
To the echo of a[D7] thompson[G] gun

​The merry ploughboy guitar chords and tab

Here's the sheet music for The Merry Ploughboy