The Sash My Father Wore Chords by Liam Clancy
Tempo:
124.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Oh, it was old, but it was beautiful, And its colours they [Bb] were fine.
Ockham, [Eb] Enniskillen, and the Pine.
as eve, In the Fygon days [Bb] of yore.
love to wear, The sash me father [Eb]
wore.
Nationalists stole this from Ireland, it became a song about Queen Elizabeth.
never had a first Elizabeth in Scotland, so their point was,
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
Ockham, [Eb] Enniskillen, and the Pine.
as eve, In the Fygon days [Bb] of yore.
love to wear, The sash me father [Eb]
wore.
Nationalists stole this from Ireland, it became a song about Queen Elizabeth.
never had a first Elizabeth in Scotland, so their point was,
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
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_ _ Oh, it was old, but it was beautiful, And its colours they [Bb] were fine.
_ It was worn at Derry, Ockham, _ [Eb] _ Enniskillen, and the Pine.
Oh, me father wore it as eve, In the Fygon days [Bb] of yore.
And it's on the 12th I love to wear, The sash me father [Eb] _
wore.
_ _ And when the Scottish Nationalists _ stole this from Ireland, _ _ it became a song about Queen Elizabeth.
_ _ You see, they never had a first Elizabeth in Scotland, so their point was,
how can you have a second Liz if the first one's never been? _
_ _ _ Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
_ For we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, now Scotland has nay got a king, and she has nay got [Bb] a queen, _
For how can you have a second Liz when the [Eb] first one's never been?
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish [Eb] break away. _ _
Now her man's called the Duke of Edinburgh, he's one of yon kilted [Bb] Greeks, _
_ _ But I hope the wind blows his plaidy, oh, wah, for it's Lizzie wears the breeks.
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever [Bb] _
be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away.
_ _ And her sister Meg has a bonny pair o' legs, but she did nay want a [Bb] German nor a Greek,
_ _ Peter Townsend was her choice, but he didn't soothe the boy, [Eb] so they sent him up the creek.
_ Oh, but Meg was fly, and she got them by and by, with Tony hyphenated [Bb]
Armstrong,
_ But behind the pomp and play, the question of the day was who [Eb] the hell is Susie Wong?
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
_ And we'll make our land _ _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away.
So here's a help to the line, to the bonny rampant line, and a long-stretched he [Bb] is poor,
Give the Hampton o' Rory to the door, ta [Eb]-ta, he cheerlies more. _
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, it was old, but it was beautiful, And its colours they [Bb] were fine.
_ It was worn at Derry, Ockham, _ [Eb] _ Enniskillen, and the Pine.
Oh, me father wore it as eve, In the Fygon days [Bb] of yore.
And it's on the 12th I love to wear, The sash me father [Eb] _
wore.
_ _ And when the Scottish Nationalists _ stole this from Ireland, _ _ it became a song about Queen Elizabeth.
_ _ You see, they never had a first Elizabeth in Scotland, so their point was,
how can you have a second Liz if the first one's never been? _
_ _ _ Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
_ For we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, now Scotland has nay got a king, and she has nay got [Bb] a queen, _
For how can you have a second Liz when the [Eb] first one's never been?
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish [Eb] break away. _ _
Now her man's called the Duke of Edinburgh, he's one of yon kilted [Bb] Greeks, _
_ _ But I hope the wind blows his plaidy, oh, wah, for it's Lizzie wears the breeks.
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever [Bb] _
be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away.
_ _ And her sister Meg has a bonny pair o' legs, but she did nay want a [Bb] German nor a Greek,
_ _ Peter Townsend was her choice, but he didn't soothe the boy, [Eb] so they sent him up the creek.
_ Oh, but Meg was fly, and she got them by and by, with Tony hyphenated [Bb]
Armstrong,
_ But behind the pomp and play, the question of the day was who [Eb] the hell is Susie Wong?
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall [Bb] ever be,
_ And we'll make our land _ _ republican, and the Scottish break [Eb] away.
So here's a help to the line, to the bonny rampant line, and a long-stretched he [Bb] is poor,
Give the Hampton o' Rory to the door, ta [Eb]-ta, he cheerlies more. _
Oh, nay Liz, the one, nay, lay, lay, bit the twa, nay Liz shall ever be,
And we'll make our land _ republican, and the Scottish break away. _ _
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