Roddy Mccorley

E Oh, see the fleet foot hosts of men A E Who speed with faces wan, E A E From farmstead and from thresher's cot C#m F#m B Along the banks of Ban. E G#m A E They come with vengeance in their eyes, C#m F#m B Too late, too late are they, E C#m As young Roddy McCorley goes to die A B E On the bridge of Toome today. E Up the narrow street he stepped A E Smilin' proud and young E A E About the hemp rope on his neck C#m F#m B The golden ringlets clung E G#m A E There's never a tear in his blue eyes C#m F#m B Both bright and proud are they, E C#m As young Roddy McCorley goes to die A B E On the bridge of Toome today. E Oh, when he last stepped up that street, A E His shining pike in hand, E A E Around him marched in grim array C#m F#m B A stalwart, earnest band. E G#m A E For Antrim town, for Antrim town C#m F#m B He led them to the fray, E C#m As young Roddy McCorley goes to die A B E On the bridge of Toome today. E Oh, never a one of all your dead A E More bravely fell in fray, E A E Than he who marches to his fate C#m F#m B On the bridge of Toome today. E G#m A E True to the last, true to the last, C#m F#m B He treads the upward way, E C#m As young Roddy McCorley goes to die A B E On the bridge of Toome today. E Oh, see the fleet foot hosts of men A E Who speed with faces wan, E A E From farmstead and from thresher's cot C#m F#m B Along the banks of Ban. E G#m A E They come with vengeance in their eyes, C#m F#m B Too late, too late are they, E C#m As young Roddy McCorley goes to die A B E On the bridge of Toome today.