X: 1
T:Bold Robert Emmet
S:Digital Tradition, robtemmt
B:From Irish Songs of Resistance, Galvin
D:Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
W:The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,
W:Old Ireland's surrounded with sadness and gloom,
W:We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated,
W:And I, Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom.
W:Hung, drawn and quartered, sure that was my sentence,
W:But soon I will show them no coward am I.
W:My crime is the love of the land I was born in,
W:A hero I lived and a hero I'll die.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Ireland,
W:Bold Robert Emmet will die with a smile,
W:Farewell companions both loyal and daring,
W:I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle.
W:
W:The barque lay at anchor awaiting to bring me
W:Over the billows to the land of the free;
W:But I must see my sweetheart for I know she will cheer me,
W:And with her I will sail far over the sea.
W:But I was arrested and cast into prison,
W:Tried as a traitor, a rebel, a spy;
W:But no man can call me a knave or a coward,
W:A hero I lived and a hero I'll die.
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Hark! I the bell's tolling, I well know its meaning,
W:My poor heart tells me it is my death knell;
W:In come the clergy, the warder is leading,
W:I have no friends here to bid me farewell.
W:Goodbye, old Ireland, my parents and sweetheart,
W:Companions in arms to forget you must try;
W:I am proud of the honour, it was only my duty-
W:A hero I lived and a hero I'll die.
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