Soldiers'Song (Amhrán bhFiann)

X: 1
T: Soldiers'Song (Amhr\'an bhFiann)
C: words: Peadar Kearney, music: Patrick Heaney (1910)
%D: 1910
S: Free Music Teacher on youtube.com
C: ___
R: march
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: C
"^verse"[|]\
   G2 | E2CE G3G | ABcd e3d | c2A2 G2E2 | G3F D2 ||
w:1.~We'll sing a* song, a sol-*dier's* song, with cheer-ing, rous-ing cho-*rus
   G2 | E2CE G3G | ABcd e3c | B3B A3A | G2G2 z2 ||
w: As round our* blaz-ing fires* we* throng, the star-ry heav-ens o'er us.
   G2 | F3F FDEF | G3A G2c2 | B3A B2A2 | G2F2 D2 ||
w: Im-pa-tient for* the* com-ing fight, and as we wait the morn-ing's light,
"^*1."G2 | E2CE G3G | ABcd e2cA | Gc2E D3C | C6 z2 "^chorus"|[|
w: (and) Here in the si-lence of* the* night, we'll* chant* a sol-dier's song.
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   c3d e2c2 | G6 G2 | A3A F2A2 | G4 G4 ||
w: Sol-*diers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ire-land.
   c4 B4 | A6 Bc | d3e d2A2 | B6 z2 ||
w: Some have come, from a land be-yond the wave.
   c3d e2c2 | G6 G2 | A3A F2A2 | G4 G2 ||
w: Sworn* to be free, no more our an-cient sire land
   G2 B4 B3B | B2B2 A3G | G6 ||
w: shall shel-ter the des-pot or the slave.
   G2 | F3F FDEF | G3A G2c2 | B2A2 B2A2 | G2F2 D2 ||
w: To-night we man* the* bhear-na bhaoil In Er-in's cause, come woe or weal.
   G2 | E2CE G3G | ABcd e2cA | Gc2e d3c | c6 |]
w: 'Mid can-nons'* roar and ri-*fles* peal, we'll* chant a sol-dier's song.

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