F                             C
Oh, me boys, that's the pride of the bold Shelmalier
            F           Dm7       G
'Mongst our greatest of heroes, a man
           C        F             C             Am
Fling your beavers aloft and give three ringing cheers
         C          G           Bb
For John Kelly, the boy from Killane

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
     C           F              C          Am
Enniscorthy's in flames and old Wexford is won
        C        G              C     F
And the barrow tomorrow we will cross
       C             F            C         Am
On the hill o'er the town we have planted a gun
          C          G           C
That will batter the gateways at Ross
        F                       C
All the Forth men and Bargy men march o'er the heath
           F         Dm7         G
With brave Harvey to lead on the van
        C           F           C           Am
But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death
        C          G           Bb
Will be Kelly, the boy from Killane

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
N.C.
But the gold sun of freedom grew darkened at Ross
N.C.
And it set by the Slaney's red wave
N.C.
And poor Wexford stripped naked hung high on a cross
N.C.
With her heart pierced by traitors and knaves
      F                 C
Glory-o, Glory-o to the brave men who died
         F            Dm7          G
For the cause of long down-trodden man
      C          F              C  G/B      Am
Glory-o to Mount Leinster's own darling and pride
         C          G           Bb
Dauntless Kelly, the boy from Killane

[Outro]
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