Valley Of Knockanure

Em D C G Am Bm C G D C Am You may sing or speak about Easter week G C Or the heroes of ninety-eight Em G Of the Fenian men who roamed the glen D C Em In victory or defeat C G Their names in history pages told D C Em Their memories will endure G D C D Not a song was sung of our darling sons G C In the Valley of Knockanure Em D C Am There were Walsh and Lyons and the Dalton boys G C They were young and in their prime Em G As they rambled to a lonesome spot D C Em Where the Black and Tans did lie C G Republican bold they did uphold D C Em Tho' outlawed on the moor G D C D And side by side they fought and died G C In the Valley of Knockanure Em D C Am It was on a neighbouring hillside G C We listened in calmed amaze Em G In every house, in every town D C Em There kneeled a maid to pray C G They're closing in around them now D C Em With rifle fire so sure G D C D And poor Dalton is down and Lyons is dead G C In the Valley of Knockanure Em D C G Am Bm C Em D C Am So they took him down beyond the fence G C Where the flowers were in full bloom Em G And they made him kneel down upon the grass D C Em For to face his final doom C G And then Dalton he spoke, as his voice it broke D C Em With passion proud and pure G D C D "Oh for Ireland I'll die as I face the sky" G C In the Valley of Knockanure Em D C Am Now the summer sun was setting now G C Between the hills and the sea Em G And the pale pale moon was rising D C Em Far out from Tralee town C G And the dismal stars and the clouds afar D C Em Are darkening o'er the moor G D C D And the banshee cried as our sons they died G C In the Valley of Knockanure