Chords
Kelly The Boy From Killane

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
                             C                                         F                         C                         Am  
What's the news, what's the news oh my bold Shelmalier
                          C                                    G                                 C  
With your long barrelled guns from the sea
                             C                            F                                    C                      Am  
Say what wind from the south brings a messenger here
                          C                            G                              C  
With the hymn of the dawn for the free
                  F                                                         C  
Goodly news, goodly news do I bring youth of Forth
                  F                                                                 G  
Goodly news shall you hear Bargy man
                     C                                 F                                 C                              Am  
For the boys march at dawn from the south to the north
                  C                      G                                 C  
Led by Kelly the boy from Killane
                     C                            F                                    C                              Am  
Tell me who is that giant with the gold curling hair
                  C                              G                              C  
He who rides at the head of your band
                C                            F                                         C                      Am  
Seven feet is his height with some inches to spare
                  C                              G                              C  
And he looks like a king in command
                  F                                                                      C  
Ah my boys that's the pride of the bold Shelmaliers
                                F                                                    G  
'Mongst our greatest of hero's a man
                             C                         F                            C                                 Am  
Fling your beavers aloft and give three ringing cheers
                          C                    G                                 C  
For John Kelly the boy from Killane
                C                         F                                    C                         Am  
Enniscorthy's in flames and old Wexford is won
                     C                    G                                    C  
And tomorrow the Barrow we will cross
             C                                 F                              C                      Am  
On a hill o'er the town we have planted a gun
                          C                         G                         C  
That will batter the gateway to Ross
                     F                                                                         C  
All the Forth men and Bargy men will march o'er the heath
                             F                                                      G  
With brave Harvey to lead in the van
                     C                            F                            C                            Am  
But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death
                     C                      G                              C  
Will be Kelly the boy from Killane
                     C                            F                              C                            Am  
But the gold sun of freedom grew darkened at Ross
                  C                         G                              C  
As it set by the Slaney's red waves
                        C                                         F                            C                      Am  
And poor Wexford stripped naked, hung high on a cross
                        C                                         G                              C  
With her heart pierced by traitors and slaves
                F                                            C  
Glory-o, glory-o to her brave sons who died
                     F                                                                    G  
For the cause of long down-trodden man
                C                         F                                    C                            Am  
Glory-o to Mount Leinster's own darling and pride
                          C                      G                              C  
Dauntless Kelly the boy from Killane