Henry Joy Chords by The Davitts

[F] An Ulster man [Am] I am proud to [Dm] be, From [Bb] Antrim's [Dm] glens I come. _
[F] Although I [Am] labour on [Dm] the sea, I have followed [Bb] flag [Dm] and drum. _
[F] I have heard the martial tramp of men, I [Bb] watched [Gm] them [C] fight and die.
[F] And it's well I do [Am] _ [Dm] remember that I followed [Bb] _ [Dm] Henry Joy. _
[F] I pulled my [Am] boat in from [Dm] the sea, I hid [Bb] my [Dm] sails away. _
[F] I hung my net [Am] on a [Dm] greenwood tree, And I scanned [Bb] the [Dm] moonlit bay. _
[F] The boys went out the redcoats too, [Bb] I kissed [Gm] my [C] wife goodbye. _
[F] And beneath the shade [Am] of the [Dm] greenwood glade, I [Bb] followed [Dm] Henry Joy. _
[F] In Antrim town [Am] the [Dm] tyrant stood, He tore [Bb] our [Dm] ranks with fall. _
[F] But with a cheer [Am] and a pipe [Dm] to clear, We swept [Bb] them o [Dm]'er the wall. _
[F] Our [Dm] pipes and [F] sabres flashed that day, [Bb] We won [Gm] but lost [C] a while. _
[F] No matter lads [Am] I fought [Dm] beside, And I [Bb] shielded [Dm] Henry Joy. _ _
[F] _ Alas for [Am] Ireland's cause [Dm] we fought, For home [Bb] and sire [Dm] we bled.
[F] Though figs were few [Am] and our hearts [Dm] be true, And [Bb] pipes so [Dm] unlaid it.
[F] But [Dm] many's [F] lassie mourned her lad, [Bb] And mother [Gm] _ [C] mourned her boy. _
[F] For youth was strung [Am] in that [Dm] gallant throng, That [Bb] followed [Dm] Henry Joy. _
[F] In Belfast town [Am] they built [Dm] a tree, And the [Bb] redcoats [Dm] mustered there. _
[F] I watched him come [Am] at the beat [Dm] of a drum, Rolled out [Bb] on the [Dm] Barrick Square. _
[F] He [Dm] kissed his [F] sister, went a lot, [Bb] And paid [Gm] his last [C] goodbye. _
[F] My soul he died, [Am] I turned [Dm] and cried, _ They have murdered [Bb] _
Henry Joy. _ _ _ _ _ _