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The Kerry Recruit

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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!

Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!

[Verse 1]
G D7 G
At the age of nineteen I was diggin' the land,
A7 D
With me brogues on me feet and me spade in me hand,
G Bm
"Oh," says I to meself, "What a pity to see,
Em D
Such a fine Kerry lad diggin' spuds in Tralee."

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 2]
G D7 G
So I buttered me brogues and shook hands with me spade,
A7 D
And went off to the fair like a dashing young blade,
G Bm
A sergeant comes up and says, "Will ye enlist?"
Em D
"Sure, sergeant," says I, "slip the bob in me fist!"

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 3]
G D7 G
Then up steps the captain, a man of great fame,
A7 D
And straightway he asks me my country and name.
G Bm
"I've told ye before, and I tell ye again,
Em D
Me father and mother were two Kerry men."

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 4]
G D7 G
The first thing they gave me, it was a red coat,
A7 D
With a lump of black leather to tie round me throat.
G Bm
The next thing they gave me, says I, "What is that?"
Em D
"Sure man, a cockade for to stick in yer hat."

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 5]
G D7 G
The next thing they gave me they called it a gun,
A7 D
And under the trigger I settled me thumb,
G Bm
The gun it belched fire and vomited smoke,
Em D
And gave me poor shoulder the devil's own stroke.

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 6]
G D7 G
The next thing they gave me they called it a horse,
A7 D
With a saddle and bridle me two legs across.
G Bm
So I gave it the bit and I gave it the steel,
Em D
And, Holy Mother! she went like an eel!

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 7]
G D7 G
Now the first place they took us was down to the sea,
A7 D
Aboard a great ship bound for the Crimee.
G Bm
With three sticks in the middle all hung with white sheets,
Em D
She walked on the water without any feet.

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 8]
G D7 G
We reached the Balaclave all safe and sound,
A7 D
And hungry and weary we lay on the ground,
G Bm
Next morning at daybreak a bugle did call,
Em D
And served us a breakfast of powder and ball.

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 9]
G D7 G
We licked them at Alma and then Innerman,
A7 D
But the Russians they foiled us at the Redan,
G Bm
While scaling the ramparts meself lost an eye,
Em D
And a great Russian bullet ran away with me thigh,

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 10]
G D7 G
All bleeding and dying I lay on the ground,
A7 D
With arms, legs and feet all scattered around,
G Bm
Says I to meself, "If me father were nigh,
Em D
He'd have buried me now just in case I should die."

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.

[Verse 11]
G D7 G
But a surgeon comes by and he soon stops the blood,
A7 D
And he gave me an iligant leg made of wood,
G Bm
And they made me a pension of ten pence a day,
Em D
And contented with shellocks I live on half pay.

[Chorus]
G Em
With me kerry-ay-ay, fa la de ral lay,
D G
Kerry ay-ay, fa la de ral lay.