Key: B
Introduction:
Bb F C
Led by Kelly, the boy from Killane
Verse
F C
Oh, me boys, that's the pride of the bold Shelmalier
F Dm7 G
'Mongst our greatest of heroes, a man
C F C Am
Fling your beavers aloft and give three ringing cheers
C G Bb
For John Kelly, the boy from Killane
Instrumental
Bb F C
Bb F G
Verse
C F C Am
Enniscorthy's in flames and old Wexford is won
C G C F
And the barrow tomorrow we will cross
C F C Am
On the hill o'er the town we have planted a gun
C G C
That will batter the gateways at Ross
F C
All the Forth men and Bargy men march o'er the heath
F Dm7 G
With brave Harvey to lead on the van
C F C Am
But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death
C G Bb
Will be Kelly, the boy from Killane
Instrumental
Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb Dm
Verse
N.C.
F C
Glory-o, Glory-o to the brave men who died
F Dm7 G
For the cause of long down-trodden man
C F C G/B Am
Glory-o to Mount Leinster's own darling and pride
C G Bb
Dauntless Kelly, the boy from Killane
Outro
Bb F C
Bb F C
Bb F C
Bb F C