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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When We Were Under the King - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy
Capo 3rd fret
[VERSE 1]
D A D
In the good old colony days,
D A D
When we were under the king
D A Bm A
Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor,
G A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne,
D A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A Bm A
Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor,
G A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A Bm A
G A D
[VERSE 2]
D A D
Now the miller he stole corn,
D A D
And the weaver he stole yarn
D A Bm A
And the little tailor he stole broadcloth
G A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A D
To keep these three rogues warm,
D A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A Bm A
And the little tailor he stole broadcloth
G A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A Bm A
G A D
[VERSE 3]
D A D
Now the miller was drowned in his dam
D A D
And the weaver was hung in his yarn
D A Bm A
And the devil got his claw on the little tailor
G A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A D
With his broadcloth under his arm,
D A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A Bm A
And the little tailor still runs through hell,
G A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A Bm A
G A D
Capo 3rd fret
[VERSE 1]
D A D
In the good old colony days,
D A D
When we were under the king
D A Bm A
Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor,
G A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne,
D A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A Bm A
Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor,
G A D
Three jolly rogues of Lynne
D A Bm A
G A D
[VERSE 2]
D A D
Now the miller he stole corn,
D A D
And the weaver he stole yarn
D A Bm A
And the little tailor he stole broadcloth
G A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A D
To keep these three rogues warm,
D A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A Bm A
And the little tailor he stole broadcloth
G A D
To keep these three rogues warm
D A Bm A
G A D
[VERSE 3]
D A D
Now the miller was drowned in his dam
D A D
And the weaver was hung in his yarn
D A Bm A
And the devil got his claw on the little tailor
G A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A D
With his broadcloth under his arm,
D A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A Bm A
And the little tailor still runs through hell,
G A D
With his broadcloth under his arm
D A Bm A
G A D
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