The Wolfe Tones - The merry ploughboy
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WellD I am a merryA ploughboy
And I Gplough the Afields byD day
Till aA sudden thought came through my mind
That I shouldA7 run aDway.
ForD I'm tired of thisA civilian life
Since theG day that AI wasD born
So I'mA off to join the I.R.A.
And im off toGmorrowD morn
[Chorus]
AndD were of to Dublin in the Agreen in the green
Where the Ghelmets Aglisten in theD sun
Where the Abayonets flash and the rifles crash
To the Aecho of a A7Thompson Dgun
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