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The Merry Ploughboy (Easter Week and After) Lyrics by Dominic Behan

Easter Week and After (Songs of the IRA)

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[Verse 1]
Oh I am a merry ploughboy
And I plough the fields by day
Till the lightning flashed across my mind
That I should run away
I've always hated slavery
Since the day that I was born
So I'm off to join the IRA
And I'm off tomorrow morn
[Chorus]
Oh we're off to Dublin
In the green in the green
Where the helmets glittered in the sun
Where the Staters shot McGrath and Harte
With the help of British guns
[Verse 2]
Oh I'll leave behind my old grey coat
I'll leave behind my plough
I'll leave behind my horse and yoke
For no more I'll need them now
I'll take my short revolver
And my bandolier of lead
And live or die, I can but try
To avenge my country's dead
[Verse 3]
There's one I leave behind me
The cailín I adore
I wonder will she think of me
When she hears them cannons roar
But when the war is over
And dear ould Ireland's free
I'll take her to the church to wed
And a rebel's wife she'll be
[Chorus]
So we're off to Dublin
In the green in the green
Where the helmets glittered in the sun
Where the Staters shot McGrath and Harte
With the help of British guns
Credits
Dominic Behan

Dominic Behan

About “The Merry Ploughboy (Easter Week and After)” by Dominic Behan

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