Meagher Is Leading the Irish Brigade Chords by David Kincaid

[G] [A] You true sons [Bm] of Aaron [G] awake from [A] your slumbers the war blasters sound in [D] your valiant hill
[G] Too long [A] you've laid in [D] the bed of [G] affliction [D] your moans pierce [A] my heart like a murmuring will
[G] [Bm] Your leaders [A] were banished [D] yet.
Hope has not left you though firmly [A] bound by the conquerors chain
So [G] draw your [A] swords quickly [G] while strength has [A] been left you and make one [G] bold dash for [D] your freedom again
[G] You true sons [Bm] of Aaron [D] awake from [G] your slumbers no longer [D] leave tyrants [A] your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[Bm] Vibrate its [G] loud numbers [A] now mother is leading [G] the Irish [D] Oh _ _
[G] Oh, how can [A] you slumber?
[G] Submissively yielding [A] while the eagle [G] of freedom shrieks loud in [D] the air
And on strange [A] battlefield you [D] your sabers are wielding [G] no heroes [D] or chieftain [A] or noble are there
[G] on [A] history's pages your fame is [D] recorded [G] yet the proud [D] Saxon traitor [A] your green hills pollutes [G] and
Trampled [A] the flag which [Em] they should have regarded [A] so strike for your freedom [G] that [D] tyrants rules
[G] You true sons [A] of Aaron [D] awake from your slumbers [G] no longer [A] leave tyrants your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[G] Vibrate its loud numbers [A] now mother is leading [G] the Irish
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Brigade
[G] What monster [A] could look [Bm] upon Aaron's [G] blue mountains [A] and view the [G] gray fog looming up in [D] the air?
Or sit for a while by her bright crystal fountains [G] without adding [D] a tear of [A] pure sympathy there
[G] Or see her [Bm] grand castles [A] with ivy [D] surrounded [G] where now the [D] lone cry of [A] the night owl is [F#m] heard
[G] As her beautiful [A] rivers [Bm] with echo [G] resound you [A] answer the voice of [G] the romantic [D] birds
[G] You true [Bm] sons of Aaron [D] away from your slumbers [G] no longer [D] leave tyrants [A] your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[Bm] Vibrate its [G] loud numbers [A] now mother is leading [Em] the Irish
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[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [G] _
[A] _ [D] _ [G] [D] Brigade
_ _ [G] The famed [A] Robert Emmett [Bm] by perjury [G] spitting [A] his cold [D]-blooded murder [G] all nations [D] could see
Now it's time [G] that he's it would [A] have should [D] have been written [G] and Aaron [D] once for [A] great glorious and free
[G] With the worthy [Bm] McManus [D] that's patriot martyr [G] cold cold [D] in the grave though their ashes [A] remain
[G] Yet their spirits [A] for one the [Bm] time is [G] growing shorter [A] when [D] Aaron's green banner [G] will flow [D] toward a name
[G] You true [Bm] sons of Aaron [A] away [D] from your slumbers [G] no longer [D] leave tyrants [A] your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[Bm] Vibrate [G] its loud numbers [A] now mother is leading [G] the [D] Irish Brigade
_ [G] Remember [A] the seat of [Bm] sweet [G] limitacity [A] when Sarsfield [D] encountered [G] the balance [D] of power
And her heroic [G] daughters [A] both [D] loyal and witty [G] saluted [D] their foes [A] with a hot boiling shower
[G] Is such [Bm] patriotism [D] so easily forgotten [G] while the blood of [D] our [A] forefathers courses through our veins
[G] Know their glory [A] exists though [Bm] their bones [G] may be rotten [A] to conquer [D] our foes [D] yet is Brian be the team
[G] You true [Bm] sons of Aaron [A] away [D] from your slumbers [G] no longer [D] leave [A] tyrants your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[Bm] Vibrate [G] its loud [A] numbers now mother is leading [G] the [D] Irish Brigade
[G] You true [Bm] sons of Aaron [A] away [D] from your slumbers [G] no longer [D] leave [A] tyrants your valleys in vain
[G] Let the long [A] silent heart
[Bm] Vibrate [G] its loud [A] numbers now mother is leading [G] the [D] Irish Brigade
[A] Now mother is leading [G] the [D] Irish Brigade _ _ _ _ _