Misc Traditional – Kevin Barry (Ukulele)

            C
In Mountjoy jail one Monday morning

                      G
High upon the gallows tree

                     F     G
Kevin Barry gave his young life

G7                    C
For the cause of liberty

       C
Just a lad of eighteen summers

                         G
Yet there's no one can deny

                           F   G
As he walked to death that morning

   G7                       C
He proudly held his head on high

       C
Just before he faced the hangman

                     G
In his dreary prison cell

                          F   G
British soldiers tortured Barry

G7                        C
Just because he would not tell

          C
The names of his brave comrades

                                G
And other things they wished to know

                        F    G
"Turn informer or we'll kill you"

G7                    C
Kevin Barry answered "No"

        C
Another martyr for old Ireland

                       G
Another murder for the crown

                               F  G
Whose brutal laws may kill the Irish

G7                           C
But can't keep their spirits down

          C
Lads like Barry are no cowards

                           G
From the foe they will not fly

                          F    G
Lads like Barry will free Ireland

G7                            C
For her sake they'll live and die