Ballad Of James Larkin chords by Christy Moore

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
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In Dublin City in Nineteen Thirteen
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The boss was rich And The Poor Were Slaves
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The Women Working And The Children Hungry
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Then On Came Larkin Like A augmentedA Mighty Wave
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The Workman Cringed As The Bossman Thundered
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Seventy Hours Was His Weekly Chore
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He Asked For Little And Less Was Granted
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Lest Getting Little He'd Ask For More

Verse:
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But On Came Larkin In Nineteen Thirteen
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A augmentedA Mighty Man With A augmentedA Mighty Tongue
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The Voice Of Labour The Voice Of Justice
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And He Was Gifted And He Was Young
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God Sent Larkin In Nineteen Thirteen
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A majorA Labour Man With A augmentedA Union Tongue
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He Raised The Worker And Gave Him Courage
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He Was Their Hero A augmentedA Workers Son

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In The Month Of August The Bossman Told Us
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No Union Man For Him Could Work
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We Stood By Larkin And Told The Bossman
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We'd Fight Or Die But We Would Not Shirk
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Eight Months We Fought And Eight Months We Starved
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We Stood By Larkin Through Thick And Thin
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But Foodless Homes And The Crying Children
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They Broke Our Hearts And We Could Not Win

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Then Larkin Left Us We Seemed Defeated
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The Night Was Black For The Working Man
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But On Came Connelly With New Hope And Council
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His Motto Was That We'd Rise Again
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In Nineteen Sixteen In Dublin City
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The English Soldiers They Burned Our Town
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They Shelled Our Buildings And Shot Our Leaders
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The Harp Was Buried Beneath The Crown

Verse:
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They Shot McDermott And Pearse And Plunkett
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They Shot McDonagh And Clarke The Brave
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From Bleak Kilmainham They Took Their Bodies
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To Arbour Hill To A augmentedA Quicklime Grave
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But Last Of All Of The Seven Leaders
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I'll Sing The Praise Of James Connolly
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The Voice Of Labour The Voice Of Justice
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Who Gave His Life That Men Might Be Free