Biography:
Lynched was a four-piece traditional folk group from Dublin, Ireland, who combine four-part vocal harmonies with arrangements of uilleann pipes, concertina, Russian accordion, fiddle and guitar. In 2016, the band changed their name to Lankum.
Formed as an experimental-psychedelic-folk-punk-duo by brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch in the early 2000’s, the group has gone through various incarnations and taken part in a number of musical projects, including recording for movie soundtracks and TV documentaries.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
(Don't strum the chords, play around them, mainly plucking the top string and bottom two strings to get the
kind of pattern you hear in the song)
[Verse 1]
D G A
As I beside some winter's fire
Em D G
Sat writing words strange and steady
D G A
Amongst my own internal choir
Em D G
Came voices to my mind unready
F#m G A Bm
Of those who died on either side
Em D G A
While friends cry o'er their bones unburied
D G A
Go sighing through the north east winds
Em D G
These cold days of February
[Verse 2]
D G A
Some clerk with papers and his pen
Em D G
Some banker with his poison pity
D G A
Some captain careless of his men
Em D G
These fan the flames that maim the cities
F#m G A Bm
And bigots in the name of Christ
Em D G A
By thorny paths obscure and muddy
D G A
Can fear to roam through years of cold
Em D G
Bewailing how their hands are bloody
[Verse 3]
D G A
Whether they were from here or there
Em D G
Their race and place I would not be heeding
D G A
The men who caused such bitterness
Em D G
If hearts they have let their hearts be bleeding
F#m G A Bm
Who neither for age nor the young child
Em D G A
Would turn the shot of the arms they carried
D G A
Go bear the guilt a weary ways
Em D G
For the cold days of February
kind of pattern you hear in the song)
[Verse 1]
D G A
As I beside some winter's fire
Em D G
Sat writing words strange and steady
D G A
Amongst my own internal choir
Em D G
Came voices to my mind unready
F#m G A Bm
Of those who died on either side
Em D G A
While friends cry o'er their bones unburied
D G A
Go sighing through the north east winds
Em D G
These cold days of February
[Verse 2]
D G A
Some clerk with papers and his pen
Em D G
Some banker with his poison pity
D G A
Some captain careless of his men
Em D G
These fan the flames that maim the cities
F#m G A Bm
And bigots in the name of Christ
Em D G A
By thorny paths obscure and muddy
D G A
Can fear to roam through years of cold
Em D G
Bewailing how their hands are bloody
[Verse 3]
D G A
Whether they were from here or there
Em D G
Their race and place I would not be heeding
D G A
The men who caused such bitterness
Em D G
If hearts they have let their hearts be bleeding
F#m G A Bm
Who neither for age nor the young child
Em D G A
Would turn the shot of the arms they carried
D G A
Go bear the guilt a weary ways
Em D G
For the cold days of February
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Lynn Morris
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