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Clare's Dragoons

	D	Bm	D
When	on Ramillie's	bloody	field,

	G	Em
The baffled French were	forced to	yield,

	D	A	Bm	D
The	victor	Saxon	backward	reeled

	G	A	D
Before the	charge of	Clare's Dra	goons.

	A	Em	D
The Flags we	conquered	in that	fray,

	A	Em	G
Look lone in	Ypres'	choir, they	say,

	D	A	Em	D
We'll	win them	compan	y to	day,

	G	A	D
Or bravely	die like	Clare's Dra	goons.

Chorus:

D	A	Bm	D
Viva	la for	Ireland's	wrong!

	Bm	G	Em
Viva	la, for	Ireland's	right!

D	A	Bm	D
Viva	la in	battle	throng,

	G	A
For a Spanish	steed, and	sabre

D

bright!

	D	Bm	D
The	brave old Lord died	near the	fight,

	G	Em
But, for each drop he	lost that	night,

	D	A	Bm	D
A	Saxon	cava	lier shall	bite

	G	A	D
The dust be	fore Lord	Clare's Dra	goons,

	A	Em	D
For never,	when our	spores were	set

	A	Em	G
And never,	when our	sabres	met,

	D	A	Em	D
Could	we the	Saxon	soldiers	get

	G	A	D
To stand the	shock of	Clare's Dra	goons.

D	A	Bm	D
Viva	la, the	New Bri	gade!

	Bm	G	Em
Viva	la, the	Old One,	too!

D	A	Bm	D
Viva	la, the	rose shall	fade,

	G	A	D
And the shamrock	shine for	ever	new!

	D	Bm	D
An	other Clare is	here to	lead,

	G	Em
The worthy son of	such a	breed;

	D	A	Bm	D
The	French ex	pect some	famous	deed,

	G	A	D
When Clare leads	on his	bold Dra	goons.

	A	Em	D
Our Colonel	comes from	Brians	race,

	A	Em	G
His wounds are	in his	breast and	face,

	D	A	Em	D
The	bearna	baoghail is	still his	place,

	G	A	D
The foremost	of his	bold Dra	goons.

Repeat 2nd chorus twice

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