The Dripsey Ambush chords by Pat Kelleher

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro:
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♫ Verse 1:
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On the 28th of January in the year of twenty-one
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The IRA were ready with uniform and gun
C                             F           C
‘Twas a bitter Friday morning just before daylight
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Near Godfery’s Cross they gathered and waited for the fight
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The British were expected and the ambush it was planned
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An escape route was agreed, and now the wait began
    C                           F             C
But Mrs Lindsay knew before and gave the game away
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The British they were well prepared and now were on their way

♫ Chorus:
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All you who fought in Dripsey, On that cold January day
     F                               C          G
Some gave your lives for freedom and others got away
     C                               G         Am
Your deeds will be remembered in our country’s history
    F                 C                          G       C
You brave and gallant men have helped to set old Ireland free

♫ Verse 2:
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The local priest had warned them that the British were aware,
                                            G
The IRA did not believe and kept on waiting there
C                                    F             C
They saw the British coming and they knew it spelt defeat
                                G        C
Then the IRA commander gave the order to retreat
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Many managed to escape through local fields and glen,
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Eight IRA were captured and two local men
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Five were sentenced for to die by British firing squad
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On the 28th of February to be sent to meet their God

♫ Chorus:
    F                                  C
All you who fought in Dripsey, On that cold January day
     F                               C          G
Some gave your lives for freedom and others got away
     C                               G         Am
Your deeds will be remembered in our country’s history
    F                 C                          G       C
You brave and gallant men have helped to set old Ireland free

♫ Verse 3:
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Lindsay she was captured with her chauffer Clarke
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And then were taken hostage upon the mountains dark
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But Lindsay’s letter was ignored, they shot the sentenced men
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In Cork Jail they were laid to rest, we won’t see their likes again
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Lindsay and her chauffer Clarke were destined for to die
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The IRA, they killed them, into a common grave to lie
    C                           F         C
Her body it was disinterred and never was returned
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On the night after they both were killed, her “Leemount House” was burned

♫ Chorus:
    F                                  C
All you who fought in Dripsey, On that cold January day
     F                               C          G
Some gave your lives for freedom and others got away
     C                               G         Am
Your deeds will be remembered in our country’s history
    F                 C                          G       C
You brave and gallant men have helped to set old Ireland free