Smashing Of The Van - Chumbawamba Chords
Chords: E, B, A
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[Verse 1]
E B A
Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for a while
E B A
I'll sing to you the praises of the sons of Erin's Isle
E B A
It's of those gallant heroes who voluntarily ran
E B A
To release two Irish shamrocks from an English prison van
E B A
The eighteenth of September it was in that dreadful year
E B A
When sorrow and excitement ran throughout all Lancashire
E B A
At a gathering of the Irish boys they volunteered each man
E A E
To release those Irish prisoners out of the prison van
[Chorus]
E B
Hurrah! My lads for freedom
A E
Let's all join heart and hand
E B
May the Lord have mercy on the boys
A E
That helped to smash the van
[Verse 2]
E B A
In Manchester one morning those good heroes did agree
E B A
Their leaders, Kelly and Deasy, should have their liberty
E B A
They drank a health to Ireland and soon made up a plan
E B A
To meet the prisoners on the road and take and smash the van
[Chorus]
E B
Hurrah! My lads for freedom
A E
Let's all join heart and hand
E B
May the Lord have mercy on the boys
A E
That helped to smash the van
[Verse 3]
E B A
With courage bold those heroes went and soon the van did stop
E B A
They cleared the guards from back and front and then smashed in the top
E B A
But in blowing open of the lock they chanced to kill a man
E B A
So three men must die on the scaffold high for smashing of the van
[Chorus]
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