THE MINSTREL BOY 4/4 March Time (6/8 Through emhatic part)

             C                           Am

         THE MINSTREL BOY TO THE WAR HAS GONE

                C                       G7    C

         IN THE RANKS OF DEATH YOU WILL FIND HIM

             C                            Am

         HIS FATHER'S SWORD HE HAS GIRDED ON,

                 C                  G7   C

         AND HIS WILD HARP SLUNG BE-HIND HIM

         Am                    Em

         LAND OF SONG SAID THE WARRIOR BARD

                Am               F   G7  C

         THOUGH ALL THE WORLD BE-TRA-AY  THEE

             C                               F

         ONE SWORD AT LEAST THY RIGHTS SHALL GUARD,

              C                  G7      C

         ONE FAITHFUL HARP SHALL PRAISE THEE

         Instrumental Verse

             C                              Am

         THE MINSTREL FELL BUT THE FOEMAN'S CHAIN

                   C                    G7  C

         COULD NOT BRING HIS PROUD SOUL UN-DER

             C                            Am

         THE HARP HE LOVED NE'ER SPOKE A-GAIN,

                 C                  G7  C

         FOR HE TORE IT'S CHORDS A-SUN-DER

             Am                     Em

         AND SAID, "NO CHAINS SHALL SUL-LY THEE,

               Am               F   G7 C

         THOU SOUL OF LOVE AND BRA-VER-Y!

             C                                F

         THY SONGS WERE MADE FOR THE PURE AND FREE,

                    C               G7      C

         THEY SHALL NE-VER SOUND IN SLA-VER-Y."