Misc Originals – Brian Ohiggins - The Soldiers Of Cumann Na Mban (Guitar)

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[Intro] D Bm D A D
D                        A   G
All honour to Óglaigh na hÉireann,

    D                        Bm
All praise to the men of our race,

       D                    A   G
who,in days of betrayal and slavery,

      D         A             D
Saved Eire from shame and disgrace.

                           G
But do not forget in your praising,

   D                           Bm
Of them and the deeds they have done,

      D                     A    G
Their loyal and true-hearted comrades,

    D           A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan!

D                            G
They stand for the honour of ireland,

         D                        Bm
As their sisters in days that are gone,

            D                            A   G
And they’ll march with their brothers to freedom,

    D            A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan.

D                            A   G
No great-hearted daughter of Ireland,

     D                      Bm
Who died for her sake long ago,

      D                     A   G
Who stood in the gap of her danger,

D           A         D
Defying the Sassenach foe,

                         G
Was ever more gallant or worthy,

    D                     Bm
Of glory in high sounding rann,

         D                      A    G
Than the comrades of Óglaigh na hÉireann,

    D           A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan!

D                            G
They stand for the honour of ireland,

         D                        Bm
As their sisters in days that are gone,

            D                            A   G
And they’ll march with their brothers to freedom,

    D            A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan.

D                              A   G
O, high beat the hearts of our mother,

     D                        Bm
The day she had longed for is nigh,

          D                     A   G
When the sunlight of joy and of freedom,

       D           A       D
Shall glow in the eastern sky;

                                G
And none shall be honoured more proudly,

      D                      Bm
That morning by chietain and clan,

          D                          A   G
Than the daughters who served in her danger,

     D           A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan!

D                            G
They stand for the honour of ireland,

         D                        Bm
As their sisters in days that are gone,

            D                            A   G
And they’ll march with their brothers to freedom,

    D            A        D
The soldiers of Cumann na mBan.