The Dying Rebel

Описание: Canadian folksinger Jesse Ferguson performs traditional Irish ballad, "The Dying Rebel." Chords and lyrics below.

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The Dying Rebel
(traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson 2022)

V1.
D G D
The night was dark and the battle ended.
D G A D A
The moon shone down O'Connell Street.
D G D
I stood alone where brave men perished.
D A G A D
Those men had gone their God to meet.

Chorus:
My only son was shot in Dublin
fighting for his country bold.
He fought for Ireland and for Ireland only:
the harp, the shamrock, green white and gold.

V1.
The first I met was a grey-haired father
searching for his only son.
I said, "Old man, there's no use searching,
for up to heaven your son has gone."

V2.
The old man cried out, broken-hearted.
Bending o'er, I heard him say.
“I knew my son was too kind-hearted.
I knew my son would never yield.”

V3.
The last I met was a dying rebel.
Bending low, I heard him say,
"God bless my home in dear Cork City
and bless the cause for which I die."