D [Verse 1] D 'Twas on Good Friday morning G D All in the month of May D A German ship was signalling C G A Beyond out in the bay C D We've twenty thousand rifles C G A All ready for to land D But no answering signal did come from G D The lonely Banna Strand [Verse 2] D No signal answers from the shore G D Sir Roger sadly said D No comrades here to meet me C G A Alas, they must be dead C D But I must do my duty C G A And at once I mean to land D So in a small boat pulled ashore G D On the lonely Banna Strand [Verse 3] D Now, the RIC were hunting for G D Sir Roger high and low D They found him at McKenna's Fort C G A Said they, "You are our foe" C D Said he, "I'm Roger Casement C G A I came to my native land D I mean to free my countrymen G D On the lonely Banna Strand" [Verse 4] D They took Sir Roger prisoner G D And sailed for London Town D And in the Tower they laid him C G A A traitor to the Crown C D Said he, "I am no traitor" C G A But his trial he had to stand D For bringing German rifles to G D The lonely Banna Strand [Verse 5] D 'Twas in an English prison that G D They led him to his death D "I'm dying for my country" C G A He said with his last breath C D They buried him in British soil C G A Far from his native land D And the wild waves sing his requiem G D On the lonely Banna Strand [Instrumental] D G D B (key change) [Verse 6] E They took Sir Roger home again A E In the year of Sixty-Five E And with his comrades of Sixteen D A B In peace and tranquil lies D E His last fond wish, it is fulfilled D A B For to lie in his native land E And the waves will roll in peace again A E On the lonely Banna Strand