Irish Songs With Easy Chords & Lyrics
Clare's Dragoons
| D | Bm | D |
When | on Ramillie's | bloody | field, |
| G | Em |
The baffled French were | forced to | yield, |
| D | A | Bm | D |
The | victor | Saxon | backward | reeled |
| G | A | D |
Before the | charge of | Clare's Dra | goons. |
| A | Em | D |
The Flags we | conquered | in that | fray, |
| A | Em | G |
Look lone in | Ypres' | choir, they | say, |
| D | A | Em | D |
We'll | win them | compan | y to | day, |
| G | A | D |
Or bravely | die like | Clare's Dra | goons. |
Chorus:
D | A | Bm | D |
Viva | la for | Ireland's | wrong! |
| Bm | G | Em |
Viva | la, for | Ireland's | right! |
D | A | Bm | D |
Viva | la in | battle | throng, |
| G | A |
For a Spanish | steed, and | sabre |
| D | Bm | D |
The | brave old Lord died | near the | fight, |
| G | Em |
But, for each drop he | lost that | night, |
| D | A | Bm | D |
A | Saxon | cava | lier shall | bite |
| G | A | D |
The dust be | fore Lord | Clare's Dra | goons, |
| A | Em | D |
For never, | when our | spores were | set |
| A | Em | G |
And never, | when our | sabres | met, |
| D | A | Em | D |
Could | we the | Saxon | soldiers | get |
| G | A | D |
To stand the | shock of | Clare's Dra | goons. |
D | A | Bm | D |
Viva | la, the | New Bri | gade! |
| Bm | G | Em |
Viva | la, the | Old One, | too! |
D | A | Bm | D |
Viva | la, the | rose shall | fade, |
| G | A | D |
And the shamrock | shine for | ever | new! |
| D | Bm | D |
An | other Clare is | here to | lead, |
| G | Em |
The worthy son of | such a | breed; |
| D | A | Bm | D |
The | French ex | pect some | famous | deed, |
| G | A | D |
When Clare leads | on his | bold Dra | goons. |
| A | Em | D |
Our Colonel | comes from | Brians | race, |
| A | Em | G |
His wounds are | in his | breast and | face, |
| D | A | Em | D |
The | bearna | baoghail is | still his | place, |
| G | A | D |
The foremost | of his | bold Dra | goons. |
Repeat 2nd chorus twice
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