Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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Other songs:
- Natives
- Spancil Hill
- The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Aisling
- All I Remember
- Allende
- Among The Wicklow Hills
- Apair Of Brown Eyes
- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
- Barrowland
- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
- Bright Blue Rose
- Casey
- City Of Chicago
- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
- Delirium Tremens
- Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
- Dunnes Stores
- El Salvador
- Fairytale Of New York
- Faithful Departed
- Follow Me Up To Carlow
- Galtee Mountain Boy
- Go Move Shift
- Hey Sandy
- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
- John Odreams
- Johnny Dont Go To Ballincollig
- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Lisdoonvarna And Ill Tell Me Ma
- Little Musgrave
- Mary From Dungloe
- Matty
- Missing You
- Motherland
- My Little Honda 50
- Nancy Spain
- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
- St Brendans Voyage
- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
- Tyrone Boys
- Veronica
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Weekend In Amsterdam
- Welcome To The Cabaret
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Irish Ways and Irish Laws
Covered by Christy Moore and Moving Hearts I think it dates back to 1982.
Em D Em Bm
Once upon a time there was
Em Bm Em D
Irish ways and Irish laws,
Em D Em Bm
Villages of Irish blood
Em D Em Bm
Waking to the morning,
Em D Em
Waking to the morning.
.
Em D Em Bm
Then the Vikings came around,
Em Bm Em D
Turned us up and turned us down,
Em D Em Bm
Started building boats and towns,
Em D Em Bm
And tried to change our living,
Em D Em
They tried to change our living.
Em D Em Bm
Cromwell and his soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Started centuries of shame,
Em D Em Bm
But they could not make us turn,
Em D Em Bm
We are a river flowing,
Em D Em
We are a river flowing.
Em D Em Bm
Again, again the soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Burnt our houses, stole our grain.
Em D Em Bm
Shot the farmers in the fields
Em D Em Bm
Working for a living,
Em D Em
Working for a living.
Em D Em Bm
800 years we have been down,
Em Bm Em D
The secret of the water sound
Em D Em Bm
Has kept the spirit of a man
Em D Em Bm
Above the pain descending,
Em D Em
Above the pain descending.
Em D Em Bm
Today the struggle carries on,
Em Bm Em D
I wonder will I live so long
Em D Em Bm
To see the gates been opened up
Em D Em Bm
To people and their freedom,
Em D Em
To people and their freedom.
This is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.
Covered by Christy Moore and Moving Hearts I think it dates back to 1982.
Em D Em Bm
Once upon a time there was
Em Bm Em D
Irish ways and Irish laws,
Em D Em Bm
Villages of Irish blood
Em D Em Bm
Waking to the morning,
Em D Em
Waking to the morning.
.
Em D Em Bm
Then the Vikings came around,
Em Bm Em D
Turned us up and turned us down,
Em D Em Bm
Started building boats and towns,
Em D Em Bm
And tried to change our living,
Em D Em
They tried to change our living.
Em D Em Bm
Cromwell and his soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Started centuries of shame,
Em D Em Bm
But they could not make us turn,
Em D Em Bm
We are a river flowing,
Em D Em
We are a river flowing.
Em D Em Bm
Again, again the soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Burnt our houses, stole our grain.
Em D Em Bm
Shot the farmers in the fields
Em D Em Bm
Working for a living,
Em D Em
Working for a living.
Em D Em Bm
800 years we have been down,
Em Bm Em D
The secret of the water sound
Em D Em Bm
Has kept the spirit of a man
Em D Em Bm
Above the pain descending,
Em D Em
Above the pain descending.
Em D Em Bm
Today the struggle carries on,
Em Bm Em D
I wonder will I live so long
Em D Em Bm
To see the gates been opened up
Em D Em Bm
To people and their freedom,
Em D Em
To people and their freedom.
This is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.
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