Tom: G G C G If you come from Belfast Town, Derry City, County Down, D The Calton, Tullygally, or from Bray G C G You can come along and see Bhoys against Bhigotry D G But dont you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’ [Verse 2] G C G Cos Fergus he said no, these tunes will have to go D These Rebel songs no longer can be played G C G So weve made ourselves a pact, to polish up our act D G So don’t you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’ [Verse 3] G C G You can sing of big Jock Brown, against the Famine and the Crown D ‘The Fields of Athenry’ just makes the grade G C G You can sing Glen Dalys tone and ‘you’ll never walk alone’ D G But don’t you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’ [Verse 4] G C G The campaign is under way, Pete McLean has had a say D A loyalist through and through it has been said G C G He has made a lot of cash, as hides his Orange Sash D G And he doesn’t know ‘Boys of the old Brigade’ [Verse 5] G C G So it’s no more Crossmaglen, Up the Ra, or Fenian men D ‘Sean Sabhat of Garryowen’ must not be played G C G ‘The broad black brimmer’ has to go, ‘Take it down’ and ‘Say hello’ D G And don’t you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’ [Verse 6] G C G So children, Mums and Dads, do not sing ‘ where are the lads D Who stood with me when history was made’ G C G And don’t sing old ‘Gra mo chroi’and how you long to see D G To see the ‘Boys of the old brigade’