Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) A D Well I remember as a young boy G The beginning of September Em We were standing at the station G A Waiting for a train. A D There was priests and christian brothers G There was nuns and reverend mothers Em There was guards and drunks and others G A But everyone was just the same
A D Well they came from Enniscorthy G From New Ross and Ferns and Gorey Em There was busses from Bunclody G A There was horses, carts and all A D And when they steped out on the platform G They were shouting and screaming Em And as they carried Larry Murphy G A He looked twenty-five feet tall A D So whats the story Martin Storey G Now Wexford's really bound for glory Em And when at last the cup was lifted G A They said we brought it home for you Chorus: D We were dancing at the crossroads, G In the shadow of a bomfire Em Underneath the silver moon light A D We were singing until dawn, A D We were dancing at the crossroads, G With the poteen and the porter, Em Dancing jigs and reels and polkas A D A Until the early morn A D In every bar down on the main street G They were hanging from the rafters Em And they sang the boys of Wexford G A Like it was going out of style A D All the bingo halls were empty G And all the Masses finished early Em Sure no one ever saw the likes of G A Since the time of JFK A D And when we look at young O'Gorman G And through the mid field he was stormin Em And then the Cusack Stand erupted G A When he scored from 60 yards Chorus: A D And I think of George O'Connor G So many said he was a goner Em But when he stood up in the Hogan G A I even saw an old man cry Chorus: D Damian Fitzhenry, Ger Cush, Sean Flood G A Rod Guiney , Liam Dunn, Colm Kehoe, Billy Byrne, G Martin Storey John O'Conner, Tom Dempsey, George O'Connor, A Adrian Fenlon and Larry O'Gorman, D Rory McCarthy,Laryy Murphy,Garry Laffan G A Eamon Scallan,Dave Guiney,Declan Ruth,Jim Byrne, G Shean Carley, Paul Finn, Tom Kehoe,arethe team,and the man that dared to dream his A name was Liam Griffin D Seamus Kavanagh,Joe Kerns,MJ Reck G and all the rest the brave young men of 96 A will be remembered with the best G Rackard, Quickley, Wheeler, Doran,Buggy, Murphy, Nolan, Flood And the names I can't recall A Wexford heroes one and all
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