Tom: G
G
Countless ships of heads and faces
D
Steam up along theh broomilaw
G C9
Into greenock and port glasgow the
D G
starving Irish shoal ashore
G C9
No pledge to shelter our huddles masses,
C D
No lady lies waiting in the bay
G C9 G
Hunger is a great force in keeping down Our wages
D G
But we're hungry enough to take any pay
G
Factory workers,potato pickers
D
Down the pit down on your way
G
No sanitation,Worse ventilation
G D
Twenty-one to a room and a fifteen hour day
G
We brought skill and we brought our vision
D
We brough ambition and tradition aswell
G
We cant change the past but we'll help shape the future
D
The Irish Will Rise from our poverty hell
G
Theres tension rising in the dockyard
D
To drive us back across the sea
G C
Riots in the town of greenock
G D G
Only fuel the flames of their bigotry
G
But the irish changed the situatuion
C D
Like a phenoix rising from the flames
G
From desperation there came celebrfation
D G
Glasgow celtic was the name
G
Another cindarella story
D
A fairytale that must be heard
G
Another song of rags to ritches
D G
A brave new start in a brand new world
G
Countless ships of heads and faces
D
Steam up along theh broomilaw
G C9
Into greenock and port glasgow the
D G
starving Irish shoal ashore
