Misc Soundtrack – Rio Grande - Down By The Glenside (Guitar)

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DOWN BY THE GLENSIDE written by Peadar Kearney (circa 1916) Kearney was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, popularly known as the Fenians. He wrote the song at about the time of the 1916 Rising, referring back to the earlier Fenian Rising of 1867. It evokes the memory of the freedom-fighters of the previous generation It is effectively a call to arms for a generation of Irishmen accustomed to political nationalism. Three verses to this song were featured in John Ford's film "Rio Grande" (1950) (though the film was set in the 19th Century Wild West). In the film it was sung by Ken Curtis (best known as "Festus" on TV's Gunsmoke) and The Sons of the Pioneers. [Intro] D#m C#m Cm Bm Bbm Capo I (Key of Bbm) [Verse 1]
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'Twas down by the Glenside, I met an old woman

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A plucking young nettles, she ne'er saw me coming

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I listened a while, to the song she was humming

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Glory O Glory O to the Bold Fenian Men
[Verse 2]
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'Tis fifty long years since I saw the moon beamin'

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On strong manly forms, and on eyes with hope gleamin'

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I see them again, now, in all my day dreamin'

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Glory O, Glory O to the Bold Fenian Men
[Verse 3]
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I passed on my way, God be praised that I met her

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Be my life long or short, I shall never forget her

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We'll maybe have great men, but we'll never have better

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Glory O, Glory O to the Bold Fenian Men