The Dubliners – The Patriot Game (Guitar)
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by Dominic Behan
This song was written as a tribute to Fergal O'Hanlon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergal_O%27Hanlon
[Intro]
G C G D G
[Verse 1]
G C G D G Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, D G D G For love of one's country is a terrible thing. D G D C It banishes fear like the speed of a flame G C G D G And it makes you a part of the patriots game.
[Verse 2]
G C G D G My name is O'Hanlon, I've just gone sixteen. D G D G My home is in Monaghan, there I was weaned. D G D C I been told all my life cruel England to blame, G C G D G So I am part of the patriots game.
[Verse 3]
G C G D G 'Tis barely two years since I wandered away D G D G With the local battalion of the bold I-R-A, D G D C I've read of our heroes, I've wanted the same, G C G D G For to play up my part in the patriots game.
[Verse 4]
G C G D G This Ireland of ours has for long been half-free; D G D G Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny. D G D C And most of our leaders are greatly to blame G C G D G For shirking their part in the patriots game.
[Verse 5]
G C G D G They told me how Connolly was shot in his chair, D G D G His wounds from the battle all bleeding and bare. D G D C His fine body twisted, all tattered and lame G C G D G They soon made me part of the patriots game.
[Verse 6]
G C G D G Now I am dying, my body all holes, D G D G I think of those traitors who bargained and sold. D G D C I'm sorry my rifle has not done the same G C G D G For the quislings who sold out the patriots game.