boys that wore the green Chords by David Kincaid

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_ _ _ On the _ 21st of July, [D] beneath the burning _ sun,
_ [Em] _ MacDowell [Am] met [Em] the Southern troops [G] in battle at [B] Bull Run.
[G] Above the Union [D] _ _ vanguard [Am] was proudly [D] dancing, singing,
[G] _ Beside [D] the [Em] starry banner, O'er Heron's [D]
[Em] flag of green.
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[E] _ _ _ [Em] Colonel Corcoran [D] led [Em] the _ 69th [D] on that _ eventful day,
[Em] I wish the [D] Prince [Em] of Wales were there [G] to see him in [B] the fray.
[G] His charge upon [D] the batteries [Am] was a most glorious [D] _ scene,
[G] With [D] gallant New [Em] York firemen and the boys that wore the green. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In the hottest [D] of [Em] the fire, [D] they rode along the line,
[Em] The captain [D] of [Em] a swab-band [G] crying, Now, boys, is [B] your time.
[G] Bah!
Who is [D] he so proudly rides [Am] with bold [D] and dauntless means,
[G] Tis [D] Thomas [Em] Francis Maher of Old Heron's Isle of Green.
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[Em] _ _ Now the colours [D] of [Em] the _ 69th, [D] I say it without _ shame,
[Em] Were taken [D] in [Em] the struggle _ [G] to swell the [B] victors' fame,
[G] But Farnham's [D] dashing _ Zouaves [Am] that [G] run with the [D] _ machine,
[G] We took [D] them in [Em] a [B] moment [Em] with the boys that [D] wore [Em] the green.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ Being [D] overpowered [Em] by _ numbers, [D] our troops were forced to flee,
_ [Em] The Southern [D] Black [Em] Horse Cavalry [G] on them charged _
[Bm] furiously,
_ [G] But in that hour [D] of peril, [Am] the flying rats [D] to scream,
[G] Stood the [D] gallant New [Em] York firemen with the boys that wore the green.
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[Em] _ _ Oh, the boys [D] of [Em] the _ 69th, [D] they are a gallant band,
_ [E] _ Older [D] never [Em] drew a sword [G] for their adopted [B] _ land,
_ [G] _ Amongst the [D] fallen _ heroes [Am] a [D] braver had not been,
[G] Than you [D] _
[Em] lamented _ [B] Hagerty of [Em] Heron's Isle of Green.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ Farewell, my gallant _ countrymen [D] who fell that fatal age,
_ [Em] Farewell, ye [D] noble [Em] _ firemen now [G] moulding in [B] the clay,
[G] Whilst looms the [D] leafy _ shamrock, [Am] whilst runs the old [D] machine,
_ [G] Your deeds [D] will live, [Em] bold redshirts and the boys that wore the green.
Your deeds [D] will [Em] live, bold _ redshirts and the boys that wore the green.
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