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"C"G A B2 | B B c B | "Dm"A2 "G"d d | B A "C"G2 |
w:Hey hey hey mis-ter i-rish-man can't you un-der-stand
z B B B | (B B d2) | e d c e | d2 z2|
w:Sure-ly ye know - - all bombs should be banned -
z B B B B | B d2 z | e d c e | d2 z2 |
w:Now come and lis-ten - force won't make ye win
z B c B A | A B d d | B A G2 |
w:And we'll go through all the ter-rors once again -
W:ch
W:Hey hey mister irishman can't you understand
W:Surely ye know all bombs should be banned
W:Now come and listen force won't make ye win
W:And we'll go through all the terrors once again.
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W:The child knows no better than to walk across your path
W:Don't fully realise why ye wear that stocking mask
W:To him it's just a game that makes a lot of noise
W:The killing weapons in your hands are just like metal toys
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W:2
W:The old man in the public house was blown to bits this morn
W:He never harmed no-one since the day that he was born
W:But someone from the other side threw a bomb in the house next door
W:And when the explosion endede he was dead upon the floor.
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W:3
W:Take the kids to Belfast on a Saturday afternoon
W:It might be done in safety in an untroubled town
W:But now there's armed men and the ever present fear
W:Of a ticking box or gunman which might at time appear.
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Further Information About Mister Irishman
Song Notes
A song written and performed by a talented young friend of mine many years ago during the worst of the problems in Ireland. It portrays her own fears she had as a young girl.