Follow Me Up To Carlow

Am G l ift mac cahir og your face , broodin’ o’er the o ld disgrace Am G Am that black fitzwilliam stormed your place & drove you to the F ern Am G gray said victory was sure , soon the firebrand h e’d secure Am Am G Am until he met at glenmalure with F iach mc hugh o’b yrne Chorus Em G curse and swear , lord kildare , F iach will do what fiach will dare Em G Am now fitzwilliam , have a care , fa llen is your s tar low Em G up with halberd , out with sword , on we go for , by the lord Em G Am fiach mchugh has given the word "follow me up to carlow" see the swords at glen imaal , flashin’ o’er the english pale see all the children of the gael , beneath o’byrne’s banner rooster of a fighting stock , would you let a saxon cock crow out upon an irish rock , fly up and teach him manners Chorus from tassagart to clonmore , flows a stream of saxon gore how great is rory og o’moore at sending loons to hades white is sick , gray is fled , now for black fitzwilliam’s head we’ll send it over , dripping red , to liza and her ladies Chorus