Patriot Game

C G D G C G D G Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing D G C G Em For the love of one's country___ is a terrible thing D G C G Em It banishes fear with the speed of a flame G C G D G C G D G And it makes us all a part of the patriot game C G D G My name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone sixteen D G C G Em My home is in Monaghan, where I was weaned D G C G Em I've learned all my life, cruel England to blame G C G D G And so I'm a part of the patriot game C G D G It's nearly two years since I wandered away D G C G Em With the local battalion___ of the bold IRA D G C G Em I've read of our heroes, and I wanted the same G C G D G C G D G To play out my part in the patriot game C G D G They told me how Connolly was shot in the chair D G C G Em His wounds from the battle all bleeding and bare D G C G Em His fine body twisted, all battered and lame G C G D G They soon made me part of the patriot game C G D G This Ireland of ours has for long been half free D G C G Em Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny D G C G Em So I gave up my boyhood___ to drill and to train G C G D G C G D G To play my own part in the patriot game C G D G And now as I lie here, my body all holes D G C G Em I think of those traitors who bargained and sold D G C G Em I wish that my rifle had given the same G C G D G C G D G To those quislings who sold out the patriot game