Chords for Flying Column - Roisin Dubh - The Mother

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I do [G] not grudge them, _ _ _ nor _ _ _ I do not grudge my two strong sons, _ but I have seen go out
to break their strength and die.
_ [E] _ _ They and a few [D] _ _ in bloody protest for a glorious thing, _ _ _ _
they shall be [E] spoken of among their people.
_ The generation shall remember [E] them _ and call
them blessed, _ _ _ _ but I will speak their names in my [D] own heart _ in the long night. _ _
The little
names that were familiar once round my dead heart. _ _
_ [A] _ Lord, _ [E] thou art hard on others.
_ _ We suffer
in their coming [D] and their going, _ _ _ and though I grudge them not, _ _ [E] I weary, _ _
_ [A] _ weary of the long
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sorrow, [D] _ _ [E] _ and yet _ _ I had my joy.
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[D] My sons were faithful _ and they fought. _ _ _
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_ [E] _ I have not forgotten them.
I have not forgotten my father.
I have not forgotten my mother.
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