Irish Songs With Easy Chords & Lyrics
Bold Robert Emmet
| D | G | D | A7 |
| The | struggle is | over the | boys were de | feated |
| D | A7 | D | G |
| Old | Ireland sur | rounded by | sadness and | gloom |
| D | A7 | D | A7 |
| We | were de | feated and | shamefully | treated |
| D | G | A7 | D |
| And | I Robert | Emmet a | waiting my | doom |
(Chorus)
Bold Robert Emmet the darling of Erin
Bold Robert Emmet he'll die with a smile
Farewell companions both loyal and daring
I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle
Hung drawn and quartered sure that was my sentence
But soon I will show them no coward am I
My crime was the love of a land I was born
A hero I lived and a hero I'll die
I was arrested and cased into prison
Tried as a traitor a rebel a spy
But no one can call me a knave or a coward
For a hero I lived and a hero I'll die
Hark the bells tolling I well know the meaning
My poor heart tells me it is my death knell
In come the clergy the warden is leading
I have no friends here to bid me farewell
So good bye to old Ireland my parents and sweetheart
Companions in arms to forget you must try
I was proud of the honour it was only my duty
A hero I lived and a hero I'll die
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