Biography:
The Fureys is an Irish folk band that initially performed and recorded as The Fureys & Davey Arthur with family friend Davey Arthur. The name eventually simplified to The Fureys when Arthur no longer performed with them after 1993 (though he returned for a number of recordings until he had a stroke in 2014).
Prior to 1976, two of the Furey brothers toured as a duo Finbar & Eddie Furey. Meanwhile, their brother Paul Furey had, together with brother George, and family friend Davey Arthur and Brendan Leeson, been in the band The Buskers.
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Other songs:
- Absent Friends
- Anniversary Waltz
- As I Leave Behind Neidin
- Campfire In The Dark
- Clare To Here
- Donegal
- Dublin
- Gallipoli
- I Will Love You Evry Time
- If I Had My Life To Live Over
- Lovers
- Maggie
- May We All Someday Meet Again
- Paddy And The Barrel
- Red Rose Cafe
- She Came To Me
- Steal Away
- Tara Hill
- The First Leaves Of Autumn
- The Green Fields Of France
- The Lonesome Boatman
- The Old Man
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen
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[Intro]
D Em
A G D
D C Em
A G D
[Verse]
D Em
I remember the day, it stands clear in my mind
A G D
We stood down by Dunlaoire to wave you goodbye
D Em
Your ma was quietly weeping, there was a tear in her eye
A A7 D
As we sent you to Gallipoli to die
D Em
You looked so young as you stood there, a glint in your eye
A G D
And you sang rebel songs as the streamers flew high
D Em
Your ma turned away and I heard a sigh
A A7 D
God you're sailing to Gallipoli to die
[Chorus]
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
[Verse]
D Em
We only got the one letter and we knew right away
A G D
It said deepest regrets your son was bold and he was brave
D Em
You were only eighteen yet your mammy and I
A A7 D
Let you go to Gallipoli to die.
[Chorus]
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
[Verse]
D Em
You fought for the wrong country,you fought for the wrong cause
A G D
And your ma often said it was Ireland's great loss
D Em
All those fine young men who marched to foreign shores to fight the wars
A A7 D
When the greatest war of all was at home.
[Chorus] x2
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
D Em
A G D
D C Em
A G D
[Verse]
D Em
I remember the day, it stands clear in my mind
A G D
We stood down by Dunlaoire to wave you goodbye
D Em
Your ma was quietly weeping, there was a tear in her eye
A A7 D
As we sent you to Gallipoli to die
D Em
You looked so young as you stood there, a glint in your eye
A G D
And you sang rebel songs as the streamers flew high
D Em
Your ma turned away and I heard a sigh
A A7 D
God you're sailing to Gallipoli to die
[Chorus]
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
[Verse]
D Em
We only got the one letter and we knew right away
A G D
It said deepest regrets your son was bold and he was brave
D Em
You were only eighteen yet your mammy and I
A A7 D
Let you go to Gallipoli to die.
[Chorus]
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
[Verse]
D Em
You fought for the wrong country,you fought for the wrong cause
A G D
And your ma often said it was Ireland's great loss
D Em
All those fine young men who marched to foreign shores to fight the wars
A A7 D
When the greatest war of all was at home.
[Chorus] x2
D Em
You were all that we had your mammy and me
A G D
When you marched head erect you were proud as could be
D C Em
And it killed your poor ma and it's slowly killing me
A G D
You were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli
The Futures
The Gales
The Galvatrons
The Gambas
The Game