Merry Ploughboy-Irish Rebel Songs

[ti:Merry Ploughboy] [ar:Irish All-Stars] [al:Irish & Celtic Folk Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Merry Ploughboy - Irish All-Stars [00:07.30]I am a merry ploughboy [00:10.27] [00:10.79]And I plough the fields all day [00:13.58] [00:14.38]When the sudden thought came to my mind [00:18.22]That I should roam away [00:20.87] [00:22.09]I always hated slavery [00:24.76] [00:25.40]Since the day that I was born [00:27.81] [00:28.82]So I am off to join the I R A [00:32.55]And I am off tomorrow morn [00:35.34] [00:36.20]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [00:38.72]In the green [00:39.47]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [00:42.21] [00:43.05]Where the bay'nets flash and the riffles crash [00:46.58]To the echo of a Thompson gun [00:49.52] [00:50.37]I'll leave beside my old grey call [00:54.02]I'll leave beside my plough [00:56.23] [00:57.53]I'll leave aside my horse and yoke [01:00.50] [01:01.02]No more I need them now [01:03.32] [01:04.65]I'll take my short revolver [01:06.93] [01:07.81]And the bandoller of lead [01:10.30] [01:11.31]I live or die I can but try [01:14.27] [01:14.78]To avenge my country's men [01:17.37] [01:18.37]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [01:20.82]In the green [01:21.69]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [01:24.28] [01:25.04]Where the bay'nets flash and the riffles crash [01:28.70]To the echo of a Thompson gun [01:31.27] [01:32.54]I'll leave aside my Mary [01:34.90] [01:35.72]She's the girl that I do adore [01:38.24] [01:39.18]And I wonder if she'll think of me [01:42.76]When she hears the cannon roar [01:45.20] [01:46.51]And when the war is over [01:48.96] [01:49.83]And dear old Ireland is free [01:52.47] [01:53.24]I'll take her to the church to wed [01:56.79]And a rebel's wife she'll be [01:59.22] [02:00.33]And we're all off to Dublin in the green [02:02.86]In the green [02:03.68]Where the helmets glisten in the sun [02:06.16] [02:07.31]Where the bay'nets flash and the riffles crash [02:10.80]To the echo of a Thompson gun