X: 1
T: Off to Dublin in the Green
T: (The Merry Plough Boy)
R: polka
S: TS
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
BB | \
w:I_  
w:I'll_
w:And_
"G"d2d2 | e2 B2 | "D"d2 A2- | A2 AB | 
w:am a mer-ry plough-boy_ and I 
w:leave a-side my pick~and spade,_ I'll_ 
w:when the war is o-ver_ and_ 
"C"c2c2 | "D"d2A2 | "G"B4- | B2 cB | 
w:ploughed the fields all day,_ 'Til a
w:leave a-side my plough,_ I'll_ 
w:dear~old Ire-land is free,_ I'll_ 
"D"A2d2 | f2 ff | e2 d2 | A2 dd | 
w:sud-den thought came_ to my mind that_
w:leave a-side my_ horse and yoke, I no 
w:take her to the_ church to wed, and a 
d2A2 | "C"c2B2 | "G"G4-| G2 Bc |
w:I should roam a-way._ Well I've 
w:long-er need them now._ And I'll 
w:re-bel's wife she'll be._ Well,_ 
d2d2 | e2 B2 | "D"d2 A2- | A2 AB | 
w:al-ways ha-ted sla-very,_ since the 
w:leave a-side my Ma-ry,_ she's the 
w:some men fight for sil-ver,_ and_ 
"C"c2c2 | "D"d2A2 | "G"B4- | B2 cB | 
w:day that I was born,_ So I'm 
w:girl that I a-dore._ And I 
w:some men fight for gold._ But the 
A2d2 | f2 ff | "D"e2 d2 | A2 dd | 
w:off to join the I-R-A, and I'm_ 
w:won-der if she'll_ think of me when she 
w:I-R-A are_ fight-ing for the land 
d2A2 | "C"c2B2 | "G"G4-| G2 ||
w:off to-mor-row morn._
w:hears the ri-fles roar._
w:that the Sax-ons stole._
Bc |
w:And we're 
d2>d2 | ee Bc | "D"d2 AA | A2 AB | "C"c2c2 | 
w:off to Du-blin in the green, in the green, where the hel-mets 
"D"d2A2 | "G"B4- | B2 cB | "D"A2d2 | 
w:glisten in~the sun._ Where the bayonets flash 
 ff | e2d2 | A2 dd | 
w:and the ri-fles crash, to the 
d2 A2 | "C"c2 B2 | "G"G4-|G2 ||
w:echo of~the Thomp-son Gun._

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