Irish Songs With Easy Chords & Lyrics
The Black And Tan Gun,
| G | Em | D |
It was | down in the | town of old | Bantry, |
| C | D | G |
Where | most of the | fighting was | done, |
| Em | D |
It was there that a | young Irish | soldier, |
| C | D | G |
Was | shot by a | Black and Tan | gun. |
As he raised himslef up to his elbow,
As the blood from his wounds ran red,
He turned to his comrades beside him,
And these are the words he said:
Won`t you bury me out on the mountains,
So that I can see where the battle was won
So they buried him out on the mountains,
Neath a cross that stood facing the sun.
They wrote: "Here lies a true Irish soldier,
Who was shot by a Black-and-Tan gun,
And now we are back in old Dublin, our victory over and won,
We think of our comrades we buried under God`s rising
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