Biography:
The Wolfe Tones is an Irish rebel music band that incorporates elements of Irish traditional music. Formed in 1963, their most recognizable line-up that lasted for nearly 37 years until January 2001 was brothers Brian Warfield and Derek Warfield, and Noel Nagle, and Tommy Byrne. The band take its name from the Irish rebel and patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the double entendre of a wolf tone – a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family.
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Other songs:
- A Nation Once Again
- A Row In The Town Erin Go Bragh
- Admiral William Brown
- Big Strong Man
- Boston Rose
- Broad Black Brimmer
- Celtic Symphony
- Come Out Ye Black And Tans
- Far Away In Australia
- Finnegans Wake
- God Save Ireland
- Grace
- Joe Mc Donnell
- Joe Mcdonnell
- Let The People Sing
- On The One Road
- Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile
- Quare Things In Dublin
- Rifles Of The Ira
- Rock On Rockall
- Sean South
- Sean South From Garryowen
- Snipers Promise
- Some Say The Devil Is Dead
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Big Strong Man
- The Boys Of The Old Brigade
- The Fields Of Athenry
- The Men Behind The Wire
- The Streets Of New York
- The Wearing Of The Green
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Have[G] you heard about the big strong man,he lives in a cara[D]van,
Have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight,[D7]Oh what a hell of a[G] fight,
You[G] can take all the heavy weights you got,we got a lad who will beat the whole[D] lot,
He used to ring the bells in the bellfry,now he's going to fight Jack Dem[G]psey,
[Chorus]
[G]Was my brother Sylvest,whats he got,a row of fourty medals on his[D] chest,big chest
He killed fifty bad men in the west,he knows no[G] rest,
Think of a man hells fire dont push just shove plenty of room for you and me,
He's got an arm like a leg,and a punch that would sink a battle[D] ship big ship,
It takes all the army and the navy,to put the wind up Syl[G]vest.
[2]
He thought he'd take a trip to Italy,he thought that he'd go by sea,
He jumped off the harbour in New Yory,he swam like a man made of cork,
He saw the Lusitania in distress,what he do,he put the Lusitania on his chest,
He drank all the water in the sea,then he walked all the way to Italy,
[3]
He thought he'd take a trip to old Japan,they turned out the whole brass band,
He played every instrument they got,like a lad sure he beat the whole lot,
Now the old church bells will ring,hells fire,the whole church choir will sing,
They all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest.
Have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight,[D7]Oh what a hell of a[G] fight,
You[G] can take all the heavy weights you got,we got a lad who will beat the whole[D] lot,
He used to ring the bells in the bellfry,now he's going to fight Jack Dem[G]psey,
[Chorus]
[G]Was my brother Sylvest,whats he got,a row of fourty medals on his[D] chest,big chest
He killed fifty bad men in the west,he knows no[G] rest,
Think of a man hells fire dont push just shove plenty of room for you and me,
He's got an arm like a leg,and a punch that would sink a battle[D] ship big ship,
It takes all the army and the navy,to put the wind up Syl[G]vest.
[2]
He thought he'd take a trip to Italy,he thought that he'd go by sea,
He jumped off the harbour in New Yory,he swam like a man made of cork,
He saw the Lusitania in distress,what he do,he put the Lusitania on his chest,
He drank all the water in the sea,then he walked all the way to Italy,
[3]
He thought he'd take a trip to old Japan,they turned out the whole brass band,
He played every instrument they got,like a lad sure he beat the whole lot,
Now the old church bells will ring,hells fire,the whole church choir will sing,
They all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest.
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