Artist: | The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (English) |
User: | Saxon |
Duration: | 180 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: |
This song is based on an event that took place in 1920 during the Irish war for independence.. |
Johnson's Motor Car
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
C G7 C
T’was down by Brannigan's Corner, one morning I did stray
F C
I met a fellow rebel, and to me he did say
F C
"We've orders from the captain to assemble at Dunbar
G7 C
But how are we to get there, without a motor car?"
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"Oh, Barney dear, be of good cheer, I'll tell you what we'll do
F C
The specials they are plentiful but the I.R.A. are few
F C
We'll send a wire to Johnson to meet us at Stranorlar
G7 C
And we'll give the boys a bloody good ride in Johnson's Motor Car
C G7 C
When Doctor Johnson heard the news he soon put on his shoes
F C
He says this is an urgent case, there is no time to lose
F C
He then put on his castor hat and on his breast a star
G7 C
You could hear the din all through Glenfin of Johnson's Motor Car
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But when he got to the railway bridge, some rebels he saw there
F C
Old Johnson knew the game was up, for at him they did stare
F C
He said "I have a permit, to travel near and far"
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"To hell with your English permit, we want your motor car"
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"What will my loyal brethren think, when they hear the news
F C
My car it has been commandeered, by the rebels at Dunluce"
F C
"We'll give you a receipt for it, all signed by Captain Barr
G7 C
And when Ireland gets her freedom, boy, you'll get your motor car"
C G7 C
Well we put that car in motion and filled it to the brim
F C
With guns and bayonets shining which made old Johnson grim
F C
And Barney hoisted a Sínn Fein flag, and it fluttered like a star
G7 C
And we gave three cheers for the I.R.A. and Johnson's Motor Car.