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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) G C As I walked towards the old town hall D G A crowd of my mates by my side C To join up the Ulster Division D G I knew I was young but I lied C In the YCV they had trained me D G To honour and fight for my land C And I proudly paraded through Belfast D G To the sound of a fife and drum band. C G Arriving in Europe it hit me C G the reality of what I would do C G I would clamber or the trench ladder D G When the captain his whistle he blew. C G D G
G C So tonight as i lie in this dugout D G Cold and encased in the mud C I long to be with you my darling D G To hold you as one of my blood We'd walk hand in hand through old C Belfast D G Through the streets that I love Sandy Row C But I know that it will never happen D G For tomorrow to battle I go. C G Remember I always will love you C G Tell my ma and my da just the same C G I'm afraid like the lads here beside me D G That in France I will surely remain. C G D G G But I'd fight and I'd die for old C Ulster D G For England and the red white and blue C I would die for our leader Lord Carson D G The YCV are all loyal to you. C Don't be stirred my lads I am writing D G To my girl back in Belfast so true She broke her wee heart when I left C her D G My Ulster I do this for you C G So I bid you adue now my darling C G For it's dark and I can't see to write C G Remember the Ulster Division D G For Ulster will always be right C G Yes remember the Ulster Division D G For Ulster will always be right.
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Chords: E, A, D, G, B, C