St Patrick Battalion
David Rovics
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[Intro] D Dsus2 D D Dsus2 D [Verse]D Bm - Bsus2 My name is John Riley,G D - I'll have your ear only a while.Dsus2G D - F#m I left my dear home in IrelandBm F#m Bm It was death, starvation or exile.- A GG D - Dsus2 And when I got to America,G Bm It was my duty to go,D G Enter the army and slog across TexasA Bm - To join in the war against Mexico.Bsus2 Bm AD And it was there in the pueblos andBm - Bsus2 hillsides,G D - That I saw the mistake I had made.Dsus2G D F#m Part of a conquering armyBm F#m Bm With the morals of a bayonet- A G blade.G So in the midst of these poor,D - Dsus2 dying Catholics,G Screaming children, the burningBm stench of it all,D G Myself and two hundred IrishmenA Bm Decided to rise to the call... [Chorus]G D - From Dublin City, to San DiegoDsus2A Bm We witnessed freedom deniedG So we formed the Saint PatrickD BattalionA Bm - And we fought on the Mexican sideBsus2 [Verse]D We marched 'neath the green flag ofBm - Bsus2 Saint PatrickG D - Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"Dsus2Continúa después del anuncioG Bright with the harp and theD - F#m shamrockBm F#m Bm - A G And "Libertad para Mexicana"G D - Just fifty years after WolftoneDsus2G Bm Five thousand miles awayD The Yanks called us a Legion ofG StrangersA Bm And they can talk as they may But-- [Chorus]G D - From Dublin City, to San DiegoDsus2A Bm We witnessed freedom deniedG So we formed the Saint PatrickD BattalionA Bm - And we fought on the Mexican sideBsus2 [Verse]D Bm - Bsus2 We fought them in MatamorosG While their volunteers were rapingD - Dsus2 the nunsG D - F#m In Monterey and Cerro GordoBm F#m Bm - A G We fought on as Ireland's sonsG We were the red-headed fighters forD - Dsus2 freedomG Amidst these brown-skinned womenBm and menD Side by side we fought againstG tyrannyA Bm And I dare say we'd do it again [Chorus]G D - From Dublin City, to San DiegoDsus2A Bm We witnessed freedom deniedG So we formed the Saint PatrickD BattalionA Bm - And we fought on the Mexican sideBsus2 [Instrumental Verse]D Bm - Bsus2G D - Dsus2G D - F#mBm F#m Bm - A GG D - Dsus2G BmD GA Bm [Instrumental Chorus]G D - Dsus2A BmG DA Bm - Bsus2 [Verse]D Bm We fought them in five major- Bsus2 battlesG D Dsus2 Churobusco was the lastG Overwhelmed by the cannons fromD - F#m BostonBm F#m Bm - A G We fell after each mortar blastG D - Most of us died on that hillsideDsus2G Bm In the service of the Mexican stateD G So far from our occupied homelandA Bm We were heroes and victims of fate [Chorus]G D - From Dublin City, to San DiegoDsus2A Bm We witnessed freedom deniedG So we formed the Saint PatrickD BattalionA Bm - And we fought on the Mexican sideBsus2G We formed the Saint PatrickD BattalionA Bm And we fought on the Mexican side