The Irish Brigade - The loughgall ambush

^DWe've sung so many ^Asongs of fallen ^Dheroes I ^Greally thought that ^AI had said it ^Dall But if a ^Gsong can fill our ^Ahearts and raise our ^Dspirits, ^Bm Then I'll ^Gsing about our ^Amartyrs at ^DLoughgall, the ^DIrish nation ^Abowed its head in ^Dsorrow Such ^Gsadness as this ^Acountry's seldom ^Dknown For ^GMonaghan has ^Alost a gallant ^Dsoldier With ^Gseven Volun^Ateers from green ^DTyrone

Oh ^GEngland do you ^Areally think its ^Dover If you ^Gdo you're going to ^Ahave to kill us ^Dall For un^Gtil you take your ^Amurderers out of ^DIreland, ^Bm Then we will ^Gmake them rue the ^Ablood spill at Lough^Dgall ^A

It was ^Don a warm and ^Amisty Friday ^Devening The ^Gscent of apple ^Ablossom filled the ^Dair That ^Gvillage street seemed ^Aquiet and de^Dserted, ^Bm But ^Ghidden eyes were ^Awatching every^Dwhere, ^A The ^Ddigger bomb had ^Aonly reached its ^Dtarget The ^Gtrap was sprung and ^Agunfire filled the ^Dair The ^GSAS did ^Anot want any ^Dprisoners, ^Bm "^GShoot to kill!" their ^Aorders were quite ^Dclear

Oh ^GEngland do you ^Areally think its ^Dover If you ^Gdo you're going to ^Ahave to kill us ^Dall For un^Gtil you take your ^Amurderers out of ^DIreland, ^Bm Then we will ^Gmake them rue the ^Ablood spill at Lough^Dgall ^A

They ^Dbutchered eight brave ^Avolunteers that ^Devening They were ^Gkicked and punched in ^Acase they were not ^Ddead They ^Gdragged them up and ^Adown that Armagh ^Dvillage, ^Bm And ^Gfilled their bodies ^Afull of British ^Dlead, ^A Did you ^Dthink that it would ^Ateach us all a ^Dlesson As such ^Gsavagery the ^Awhole world was ap^Dpalled Don't you ^Gknow that there's ^Atwenty more men ^Dwaiting, ^Bm For ^Geveryone you ^Abutchered at Lough^Dgall

Oh ^GEngland do you ^Areally think its ^Dover If you ^Gdo you're going to ^Ahave to kill us ^Dall For un^Gtil you take your ^Amurderers out of ^DIreland, ^Bm Then we will ^Gmake them rue the ^Ablood spill at Lough^Dgall ^A

Fare^Dwell Paddy ^AKelly and Jim ^DLynagh No ^Gmore you'll lead your ^Afighting unit ^Dforth Side by ^Gside with Pádraig Mc^AKearney and Tony ^DGormaley ^Bm You ^Gdied to drive the ^ABritish from the ^Dnorth ^A Declan ^DArthurs and the ^Ayouthful Seamus ^DDonnelly On that ^Gnight you were the ^Ayoungest of them ^Dall With Gerry O'^GCallaghan and the ^Agallant Eugene ^DKelly ^Bm

Oh ^GEngland do you ^Areally think its ^Dover If you ^Gdo you're going to ^Ahave to kill us ^Dall For un^Gtil you take your ^Amurderers out of ^DIreland, ^Bm Then we will ^Gmake them rue the ^Ablood spill at Lough^Dgall ^A Oh your ^Gblood still stains the ^Apavements at Lough^Dgall