Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] G [Verse 1]

'Twas^G on Good Friday morning All^C in the month of^G May A^D7 German ship was^G signalling Be^Cyond out in^G the bay With^D7 twenty thousand^G rifles All^C ready for ^Gto land ^GBut no answering signals did come from The l^Conely Banna St^Grand

[Verse 2]

No s^Gignal answers from the shore Si^Cr Roger sadly sa^Gid No^D7 comrades here t^Go meet me Alas^C, they must^G be dead But^D7 I must do my du^Gty And^C at once I mean ^Gto land ^GSo in a small boat pulled ashore On the l^Conely Banna S^Gtrand

[Verse 3]

Now,^G the RIC were hunting for Si^Cr Roger high and^G low They f^D7ound him at McKe^Gnna's Fort Said^C they, "You are ^Gour foe" Said ^D7he, "I'm Roger C^Gasement I c^Came to my native^G land

I mean to free my countrymen

On ^Cthe lonely Banna^G Strand" [Verse 4] They^G took Sir Roger prisoner And ^Csailed for Londo^Gn Town And ^D7in the Tower the^Gy laid him A t^Craitor to the Cr^Gown Said ^D7he, "I am no tra^Gitor" But h^Cis trial he had ^Gto stand

For bringing German rifles to

Th^Ce lonely Banna S^Gtrand [Verse 5] 'Twas^G in an English prison that They^C led him to his ^Gdeath "I'm^D7 dying for my co^Guntry"

He said with his last breath

They b^D7uried him in Bri^Gtish soil Far^C from his native^G land

And the wild waves sing his requiem

On th^Ce lonely Banna S^Gtrand [Verse 6] They ^Gtook Sir Roger home again In th^Ce year of Sixty-^GFive And ^D7with his comrade^Gs of Sixteen In pe^Cace and tranquil^G lies His la^D7st fond wish, it^G is fulfilled For ^Cto lie in his na^Gtive land

And the waves will roll in peace again

On t^Che lonely Banna ^GStrand

The Wolfe Tones - Banna strand