Charlie and The Bhoys

Bhoys Against Bigotry

Charlie and The Bhoys


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If you come from Belfast Town, Derry City, County Down,
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The Calton, Tullygally, or from Bray
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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
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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
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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]
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The campaign is under way, Pete McLean has had a say
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A loyalist through and through it has been said
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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]
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So it’s no more Crossmaglen, Up the Ra, or Fenian men
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‘Sean Sabhat of Garryowen’ must not be played
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‘The broad black brimmer’ has to go, ‘Take it down’ and ‘Say hello’
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And don’t you sing ‘Boys of the old Brigade’

[Verse 6]
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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’