[Verse]
C
Now Ireland's a very funny place, sir
F C
It's a strange and a troubled land
And the Irish are a very funny race, sir
F
Every womans in the Cumann na mBan
C
Every doggie got a tri-coloured ribbon
F C
Tied firmly to its tail
And it wouldn't be surprising
F
If there'd be another rising
G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail
[Chorus]
C
Every bird upon my word
Am
Singing Yo Ho - I'm a Provo
C
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades
G C
Over there, sir, I declare Sir
F C
And every cock in the farmyard
F G
Stock singing triumph to Sein Fein
F C
And it wouldn't be surprising
F G
If there'd be another rising
C G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail
[Verse]
C
On the other day I travelled down to Clare, sir
F C
I spied in an old boreen
Such a bunch of busy gooses there, sir
F
Dressed in orange, white and green
C
They marched to the German goose step
F C
As they whistled Grann na bheal,
C
and every time I showed up
F
They would shoot me as a yeoman
G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail
[Chorus]
C
Every bird upon my word
Am
Singing Yo Ho - I'm a Provo
C
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades
G C
Over there, sir, I declare Sir
F C
And every cock in the farmyard
F G
Stock singing triumph to Sein Fein
F C
And it wouldn't be surprising
F G
If there'd be another rising
C G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail
[Verse]
C
Now the whole place is seething with sedition
F C
It's Sinn Fein through and through
All the boys are joining local units
F
And the password's Sinn Fein too
C F C
Well the IRA just sent me a time bomb in the mail
C F
And I'm shaking in my shoes as I'm typing up the news
G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail
[Chorus]
C
Every bird upon my word
Am
Singing Yo Ho - I'm a Provo
C
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades
G C
Over there, sir, I declare Sir
F C
And every cock in the farmyard
F G
Stock singing triumph to Sein Fein
F C
And it wouldn't be surprising
F G
If there'd be another rising
C G C
Said the man from the Daily Mail