The Irish Brigade - The man from the daily mail

^CNow Ireland's a very funny place, sir It's a ^Fstrange and a troubled ^Cland

Every ^Fwomans in the Cumann na mBan ^CEvery doggie got a tri-coloured ribbon Tied f^Firmly to its ^Ctail

If there'd ^Fbe another rising Said the man from the ^GDaily ^CMail

Every ^Cbird upon my word Singing ^AmYo Ho - I'm a Provo Every ^Chen in jail is laying hand grenades Over ^Gthere, sir, I de^Cclare Sir And ^Fevery cock in the ^Cfarmyard Stock singing ^Ftriumph to Sein ^GFein And it ^Fwouldn't be ^Csurprising If there'd ^Fbe another ^Grising Said the ^Cman from the ^GDaily ^CMail

^COn the other day I travelled down to Clare, sir I ^Fspied in an old ^Cboreen

Dressed in ^Forange, white and green ^CThey marched to the German goose step As the^Fy whistled Grann na ^Cbheal, and eve^Cry time I showed up They would ^Fshoot me as a yeoman Said the man from the ^GDaily ^CMail

Every ^Cbird upon my word Singing ^AmYo Ho - I'm a Provo Every ^Chen in jail is laying hand grenades Over ^Gthere, sir, I de^Cclare Sir And ^Fevery cock in the ^Cfarmyard Stock singing ^Ftriumph to Sein ^GFein And it ^Fwouldn't be ^Csurprising If there'd ^Fbe another ^Grising Said the ^Cman from the ^GDaily ^CMail

^CNow the whole place is seething with sedition It's S^Finn Fein through and ^Cthrough

And the pas^Fsword's Sinn Fein too Well the ^CIRA just sent me a ^Ftime bomb in the ^Cmail And I'm ^Cshaking in my shoes as I'm ^Ftyping up the news Said the man from the ^GDaily ^CMail

Every ^Cbird upon my word Singing ^AmYo Ho - I'm a Provo Every ^Chen in jail is laying hand grenades Over ^Gthere, sir, I de^Cclare Sir And ^Fevery cock in the ^Cfarmyard Stock singing ^Ftriumph to Sein ^GFein And it ^Fwouldn't be ^Csurprising If there'd ^Fbe another ^Grising Said the ^Cman from the ^GDaily ^CMail