Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - God bless England Chords

_ Now the whole business of Irish nationalism can get very serious if you're not careful. _ _ _ _ _ _
But there is a light side to it, fortunately.
As most of you know, for about 800 years, Ireland was under the _ loving _ _ _ _ _ and tender care of the British Empire. _
And for this, needless to say, we're very, very grateful. _ _ _
We like occasionally to sing a song of gratitude. _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ It's called God Bless England.
_ _ _ _ [N] Oh, I'll tell you a tale of peace [B] and love,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day. _
Of the land that rules all lands above,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
[G#m] May peace and plenty be her share,
Who kept our [E] homes from want [B] and _ care.
Oh, God bless [A#] England is our [F#m] prayer.
Whack for the diddle [B] of the diddle day.
Whack for the diddle of the diddle [E] day.
So we [F#m] say, hey, hey, [B] hey,
Come and listen while we pray,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
_ Now our fathers often were naughty boys,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
For pikes and guns are dangerous ties,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day. _
[G#m] At Bannanaboo and at Peter's Hill,
Oh, we made poor [E] England cry [B] her fill,
_ But old Britannia loves us still,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
Whack for the diddle of the diddle [E] day.
So we [F#] say, hey, hey, hey,
[B] God bless England, so we pray,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
_ Now when we were savage, fierce and wild,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
Oh, she came as a mother to her child,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
_ [G#m] She gently raised us from the slime,
_ And kept our hands [E] from [B] hellish crime,
_ _ And she sent us to heaven in our own good time,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
[E] So we say, [F#m] hey, hey, hey,
[B] God bless England, so we pray,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
Oh, now Irish men forget the past,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day. _
And think of the day that's coming fast,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
_ When we shall all be [G#m] civilized, _
Neat and [Em] clean, and [B] well advised, _
Oh, won't Mother England be surprised,
Whack for the diddle of the diddle day.
Whack for the diddle of the diddle [E] day.
So we [F#] say, [B] hey, hey, hey,
God bless England, so we pray,
[F#] Whack [B] for the diddle of the diddle day.
_ That's the Republic!
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