The Three Flowers Irish Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords
Recorded by Declan Hunt, Bridie Gallagher, The Irish Rebels and Terence O'Neill & Cormac O'Moore. Guitar chords are in C in chordpro format. The Third West Cork Brigade song is also sang by ballad singer Declan Hunt.The three flowers sheet music in D Major included.
[C]One time when walking [G]down a lane
As [Dm]night was [F]drawing [C]nigh I met a [Am]colleen [Dm]with three flowers And [F]she more [G]young than [C]I [C]Saint Patrick [Am]bless you [Dm]dear said I "If [F]you be [g]quick to [C]tell The place where you did [G]find these flowers I [Dm]seem to [F]know [G7]so [C]well" She took a flower and kissed it once And softly said to me "This flower I found in Thomas Street In Dublin fair", said she "Its name is Robert Emmet It's the youngest flower of all And I'll keep it fresh beside my breast Though all the world should fall" She took and kissed the next flower twice And softly said to me "This flower comes from the Antrim hills outside Belfast", said she "The name I call it is Wolfe Tone The bravest flower of all And I'll keep it fresh beside my breast Though all the world should fall" She took and kissed the next flower thrice And gently said to me "This flower comes from the Wicklow hills Its name is Dwyer", said she "And Emmet, Tone and Dwyer I'll keep For I do love them all And I'll keep them fresh beside my breast Though all the world should fall" So Emmet, Tone and Dwyer I'll keep As I do love them all And I'll keep them fresh beside my breast Though all the world should fall |
The song tells of the writer meeting a young
girl carrying three flowers. She carries the flowers as a reminder of her love for three falling patriots. The first flower is a symbol of Robert Emmet [ lyrics ] who was the leader of the rebellion of 1803 and was hanged and be-headed in Thomas Street Dublin in September of the same year. The next flower she calls the sweetest of all is for Wolf Tone which she found in the hills of Antrim. Wolf Tone after being found guilty on the 10 of Nov. 1798.Rather than be executed he slit his throat and died nine days later on the 19 of Nov. denying the hangman his pleasure. The last flower is also a symbol of the girl's love of another united Irishman, Michael Dwyer. He spent five years on the run in the Wicklow Mountains fighting the British Army from 1798 to 1803. Michael Dwyer died in Sydney in 1825, he had been transported to Australia in 1805 as punishment for taking part in the rising. |
The three flowers sheet music score
The three flowers sheet music in D Major