Jim Larkin Chords - Ronnie Drew

Intro

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Verse 1

C F In Dublin City in nineteen thirteen G C The boss was rich and the poor were slaves C F The women working and children starving G C Then on came Larkin like a mighty wave C F The workers cringed when the boss man thundered G Seventy hours was his weekly chore C F He asked for little and less was granted G C Lest given little then he'd ask for more

Verse 2

C F In the month of August the boss man told us G C No union man for him could work C F We stood by Larkin and told the boss man G C We'd fight or die, but we wouldn't shirk C F Eight months we fought and eight months we starved G We stood by Larkin through thick and thin C F But foodless homes and the crying of children G C It broke our hearts, we just couldn't win

Verse 3

C F Then Larkin left us, we seemed defeated G C The night was black for the working man C F But on came Connolly with new hope and counsel G C His motto was that we'd rise again C F In nineteen sixteen in Dublin City G The English soldiers they burnt our town C F The shelled our buildings and shot our leaders G C The Harp was buried 'neath the bloody crown

Verse 4

C F They shot McDermott and Pearse and Plunkett G C They shot McDonagh and Clarke the brave C F From bleak Kilmainham they took Ceannt's body G C To Arbour Hill and a quicklime grave C F But last of all of the seven heroes G I sing the praise of James Connolly C F The voice of justice, the voice of freedom G C He gave his life, that man might be free

Outro

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