Jamie Foyers

F C F C F Bb Dm C F Bb F C F Dm C F C F C F C Far distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave F Bb Dm C No tombstone memorial shall hallow his grave F Bb F C For his bones they lie scattered on the rude soil of Spain F Dm C F C 'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain F C F C He's gone from the shipyard that stands on the Clyde F Bb Dm C His hammer it is silent, his tools laid aside F Bb F C To the wide Ebro river, young Foyers has gane F Dm C F C For to fight by the side o' the people of Spain F C F C There wasn't his equal at work or at play F Bb Dm C He was strong in the union till his dying day F Bb F C He was grand at the fitba', at the dance he was braw F Dm C F C 'Cause our young Jamie Foyers was the floo'er o' them a' F C F C He came home from the shipyard, take off his working clothes F Bb Dm C Aye, I mind that time weel in the long summer days F Bb F C He said, “Fare ye weel, lassie, I'll come back again” F Dm C F C But that young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain F C F C In the fight for Belchite he was aye to the fore F Bb Dm C And he fought at Gandesa till he couldn't fight no more F Bb F C He lay ower his machine-gun wi' a bullet in his brain F Dm C F C 'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain F C F C F Bb Dm C F Bb F C F Dm C F C F C F C Far distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave F Bb Dm C No tombstone memorial shall hallow his grave F Bb F C For his bones they lie scattered on the rude soil of Spain F Dm C F 'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain