Banna Strand chords by The Wolfe Tones

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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'Twas on Good Friday morning
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All in the month of May
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A German ship was signalling
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Beyond out in the bay
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With twenty thousand rifles
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All ready for to land
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But no answering signals did come from
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The lonely Banna Strand

Verse 2:
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No signal answers from the shore
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Sir Roger sadly said
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No comrades here to meet me
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Alas, they must be dead
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But I must do my duty
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And at once I mean to land
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So in a small boat pulled ashore
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On the lonely Banna Strand

Verse 3:
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Now, the RIC were hunting for
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Sir Roger high and low
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They found him at McKenna's Fort
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Said they, "You are our foe"
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Said he, "I'm Roger Casement
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I came to my native land

I mean to free my countrymen
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On the lonely Banna Strand"

Verse 4:
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They took Sir Roger prisoner
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And sailed for London Town
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And in the Tower they laid him
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A traitor to the Crown
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Said he, "I am no traitor"
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But his trial he had to stand

For bringing German rifles to
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The lonely Banna Strand

Verse 5:
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'Twas in an English prison that
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They led him to his death
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"I'm dying for my country"

He said with his last breath
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They buried him in British soil
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Far from his native land

And the wild waves sing his requiem
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On the lonely Banna Strand

Verse 6:
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They took Sir Roger home again
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In the year of Sixty-Five
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And with his comrades of Sixteen
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In peace and tranquil lies
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His last fond wish, it is fulfilled
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For to lie in his native land

And the waves will roll in peace again
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On the lonely Banna Strand