C G D G [Verse 1]C G D G Come all ye young rebels, and list while I singD G C G Em For the love of one's country___ is a terrible thingD G C G Em It banishes fear with the speed of a flameG C G D G And it makes us all a part of the patriot game [Verse 2]C G D G My name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone sixteenD G C G Em My home is in Monaghan, where I was weanedD G C G Em I've learned all my life, cruel England to blameG C G D G And so I'm a part of the patriot game[Verse 3]C G D G It's nearly two years since I wandered awayD G C G Em With the local battalion___ of the bold IRAD G C G Em I've read of our heroes, and I wanted the sameG C G D G To play out my part in the patriot game [Verse 4]C G D G They told me how Connolly was shot in the chairD G C G Em His wounds from the battle all bleeding and bareD G C G Em His fine body twisted, all battered and lameG C G D G They soon made me part of the patriot game [Verse 5]C G D G This Ireland of ours has for long been half freeD G C G Em Six counties are under John Bull's tyrannyD G C G Em So I gave up my boyhood___ to drill and to trainG C G D G To play my own part in the patriot game [Verse 6]C G D G And now as I lie here, my body all holesD G C G Em I think of those traitors who bargained in soulsD G C G Em I wish that my rifle had given the sameG C G D G To those quislings who sold out the patriot game
The Patriot Game
Judy Collins
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