Tom: G
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If you come from Belfast Town, Derry City, County Down,
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The Calton, Tullygally, or from Bray
G C G
You can come along and see Bhoys against Bhigotry
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But dont you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’
[Verse 2]
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Cos Fergus he said no, these tunes will have to go
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These Rebel songs no longer can be played
G C G
So weve made ourselves a pact, to polish up our act
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So don’t you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’
[Verse 3]
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You can sing of big Jock Brown, against the Famine and the Crown
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‘The Fields of Athenry’ just makes the grade
G C G
You can sing Glen Dalys tone and ‘you’ll never walk alone’
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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
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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
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Who stood with me when history was made’
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And don’t sing old ‘Gra mo chroi’and how you long to see
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To see the ‘Boys of the old brigade’
