X:177
T: the Minstrel Boy
C: words: Thomas Moore
C: music: Irish
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/177_the_Minstrel_Boy.abc	 2024-11-23 234346 UT
K: Eb
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w: 1.~The min-strel boy* to the war has gone,      In the ranks of death** you'll
w: 2.~The min-strel fell!* but the foe-man's chain Could not bring his proud** soul
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w: find* him, His fa-ther's sword* he has gird-ed on, And his wild harp
w: un - der,  The harp he loved* nev-er spoke a-gain, For he tore its
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w: slung** be-hind* him, | "Land of Song," said the war-rior bard,
w: chords** a-sun-*der,     And said: "No chains shall* sul-ly thee,
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w:"Tho' all the world be-trays* thee, One sword, at least* thy*
w: Thou soul of love and brav-*'ry!   Thy songs were made* for the
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w: rights shall guard, One* faith-ful harp** shall praise* thee."
w: pure and free,      They shall nev-er sound** in slav-*'ry."
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