The Dubliners – Nelsons Farewell (Guitar)
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Composer: Joe Dolan
Commemorates the blowing up of Nelsons column in Dublin in 1966.
From the album "Finnegan Wakes" released as the Dubliners first single.
Intro - tin whistle plys part of The British Grenadiers:
D A D A D #1 D Oh, poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air. D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D On the eighth day of March in Dublin City fair, D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D A7 From his stand of stones and mortar A7 He fell crashing through the quarter, A7 D Where once he stood so stiff and proud and rude. D G So let's sing our celebration, G It's a service to the nation. D A7 D So poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo!
#2:
D Oh, fifty pounds of geliganite it sped him on his way, D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D And the lad that laid the charge, we're in debt to him today. D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D A7 In Trafalgar Square it might be fair A7 To leave old Nelson standing there A7 D But no one tells the Irish what they'll view. D G So the Dublin Corporation G Can stop deliberation D A7 D For the boys of Ireland showed them what to do!
#3:
D For a hundred and fifty-seven years it stood up there in state D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D To mark old Nelson's victory o'er the French and Spanish fleet, D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D A7 But one-thirty in the morning, A7 Without a bit of warning, A7 D Old Nelson took a powder and he blew! D G Now at last the Irish nation G Has Parnell in higher station D A7 D Than poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo!
#4:
D Oh the Russians and the Yanks, with lunar probes they play, D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D And I hear the French are trying hard to make up lost headway, D A7 D Toora loora loora loora loo! D A7 But now the Irish join the race, A7 We have an astronaut in space, A7 D Ireland, boys, is now a world power too! D G So let's sing our celebration, G It's a service to the nation. D A7 D So poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo!
Outro (tin whistle plays Rule Brittania):
D G D G D Em D A D Em D G D A D