X: 1
T: Roddy McCorley
C: Ethna Carbery
Z: 2006 John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
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w: Oh_ see the_ fleet-foot_ hsts of men who speed with fac-es wan,
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w: From_ farm-stead and from_ fish-er's cot up-on the banks of Bann.
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w: They_ come with veng-ance_ in their eyes; too_ late, too late are they,
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w: As_ Rod-dy Mc-Cor-ley_ goes to die on the Bridge of Toome to-day.
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W:Up the narrow street he stepped, smiling proud and young.
W:About the hemp-rope on his neck the golden ringlets clung.
W:But there never a tear in his blue eyes, both glad and bright are they,
W:As young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the Bridge of Toome today
W:
W:When he last stepped up that street, his shining pike in hand,
W:Behind him marched in grim array a stalwart earnest band.
W:For Antrim town! For Antrim town! He led them to the fray,
W:As young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the Bridge of Toome today
W:
W:There is never a one of all your dead more bravely fell in fray,
W:Than he who marches to his fate on the Bridge of Toome today.
W:True to the last, true to the last, he treads the uward way,
W:And young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the Bridge of Toome today