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The Dubliners was an Irish folk band founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1962. One of the most influential Irish acts of the 20th century, they celebrated 50 years together in 2012, making them Ireland's longest surviving musical act. Also in 2012, the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards bestowed them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The group announced their retirement in the autumn of 2012 following the death of founding member Barney McKenna (born 16 December 1939; died 5 April 2012).
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McAlpines Fusiliers - the Dubliners
Lyrics: Dominic Behan
Taken from the version on the album Finnegans Wake and videos of Dubliners
performances
Original Key: A
[Verse 1]
A D A E A
All down the glen came McAlpines men with their shovels slung behind them
A D
'Twas in the pub that they drank their sup and up in the spike you'll find them
A D
They sweated blood and they washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer
A D A E A
And now we're on the road again with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Verse 2]
A D A E A
I stripped to the skin with Darkie Flynn way down upon the Isle of Grain
D
With the horsefaced Toole, 'cos I knew the rule, no money if you stopped for rain.
A D
McAlpine's God was a well filled hod, your shoulders cut to bits and seared,
A D A E A
And woe to he who went to look for tea with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Verse 3]
A D A E A
I remember the day that Bear O'Shea fell into a concrete stairs.
A D
What Horseface said when he saw him dead well it wasn't what the rich called prayers.
A D
I'm a navvy short was the one retort that reached unto my ears
A D A E A
When the going is rough well you must be tough with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Instrumental Break]
A D A E A
A D
A D
A D A E A
[Verse 4]
A D A E A
I've worked 'til the sweat has had'n me bet, with Russian, Czech and Pole.
A D
On shuddering jams up at the hydro dams or underneath the Thames in a hole.
A D
I've grabbed it hard and I've got me cards and many a ganger's fist across me ears.
A D A E A
If you pride your life don't join by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers
Lyrics: Dominic Behan
Taken from the version on the album Finnegans Wake and videos of Dubliners
performances
Original Key: A
[Verse 1]
A D A E A
All down the glen came McAlpines men with their shovels slung behind them
A D
'Twas in the pub that they drank their sup and up in the spike you'll find them
A D
They sweated blood and they washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer
A D A E A
And now we're on the road again with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Verse 2]
A D A E A
I stripped to the skin with Darkie Flynn way down upon the Isle of Grain
D
With the horsefaced Toole, 'cos I knew the rule, no money if you stopped for rain.
A D
McAlpine's God was a well filled hod, your shoulders cut to bits and seared,
A D A E A
And woe to he who went to look for tea with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Verse 3]
A D A E A
I remember the day that Bear O'Shea fell into a concrete stairs.
A D
What Horseface said when he saw him dead well it wasn't what the rich called prayers.
A D
I'm a navvy short was the one retort that reached unto my ears
A D A E A
When the going is rough well you must be tough with McAlpine's Fusiliers
[Instrumental Break]
A D A E A
A D
A D
A D A E A
[Verse 4]
A D A E A
I've worked 'til the sweat has had'n me bet, with Russian, Czech and Pole.
A D
On shuddering jams up at the hydro dams or underneath the Thames in a hole.
A D
I've grabbed it hard and I've got me cards and many a ganger's fist across me ears.
A D A E A
If you pride your life don't join by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers
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