Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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- Beer Beer Beer
- Brennan On The Moor
- Irish Rover
- Isnt It Grand Boys
- Jug Of Punch
- Mountain Dew
- Nell Flahertys Drake
- Old Maid In The Garret
- Red Is The Rose
- Rosin The Beau
- The Juice Of The Barley
- The Mermaid
- The Moonshiner
- The Shores Of Botany Bay
- The Wild Colonial Boy
- Tim Finnegans Wake
- When We Were Under The King
- Whiskey Youre The Devil
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Intro = C G
Verse 1
G C F C
Oh it's of a brave young highway man this story we will tell
F C
His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell
F C
'Twas on the Kilworth Mountains he commenced his wild career
F C G
And many a wealthy noble man before him shook with fear
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 1
C F C
One day upon the highway as Willie went down
F C
He met the Mayor of Cashel a mile outside the town
F C
The mayor he knew his features and he said young man said he
F C G
Your name is Willie Brennan you must come along with me
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 3
C F C
Now Brennan's wife had gone to town provisions for to buy
F C
And when she saw her Willie she commenced to weep and cry
F C
She said hand to me that tenpenny as soon as Willie spoke
F C G
She handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak
Chorus
C Em
For young Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 4
C F C
Then with this loaded blunderbuss the truth I will unfold
F C
He made the Mayor to tremble and robbed him of his gold
F C
One hundred pounds was offered for his apprehension there
F C G
So he with horse and saddle to the mountains did repair
Chorus
C Em
Did young Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 5
C F C
Now Brennan being an outlaw upon the mountain high
F C
With cavalry and infantry to take him they did try
F C
He laughed at them with scorn until at last 'twas said
F C G
By a falsehearted woman he was cruelly betrayed
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 1
G C F C
Oh it's of a brave young highway man this story we will tell
F C
His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell
F C
'Twas on the Kilworth Mountains he commenced his wild career
F C G
And many a wealthy noble man before him shook with fear
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 1
C F C
One day upon the highway as Willie went down
F C
He met the Mayor of Cashel a mile outside the town
F C
The mayor he knew his features and he said young man said he
F C G
Your name is Willie Brennan you must come along with me
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 3
C F C
Now Brennan's wife had gone to town provisions for to buy
F C
And when she saw her Willie she commenced to weep and cry
F C
She said hand to me that tenpenny as soon as Willie spoke
F C G
She handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak
Chorus
C Em
For young Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 4
C F C
Then with this loaded blunderbuss the truth I will unfold
F C
He made the Mayor to tremble and robbed him of his gold
F C
One hundred pounds was offered for his apprehension there
F C G
So he with horse and saddle to the mountains did repair
Chorus
C Em
Did young Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
Verse 5
C F C
Now Brennan being an outlaw upon the mountain high
F C
With cavalry and infantry to take him they did try
F C
He laughed at them with scorn until at last 'twas said
F C G
By a falsehearted woman he was cruelly betrayed
Chorus
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
C Em
And it's Brennan On The Moor Brennan On The Moor
F C G C
Bold brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor
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