The Dubliners - The Merry Ploughboy 1973

The Dubliners - The Merry Ploughboy 1973

I am a merry ploughboy
and I ploughed the fields all day
'Till a sudden thought came to my mind
that I should roam away

I'm sick and tired of slavery
since the day that I was born
And I'm off to join the I.R.A.
and I'm off tomorrow morn.

And we're off to Dublin in the green, in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the sun
Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash
To the echo of the Thompson Gun.

I'll leave aside my pick and spade
I'll leave aside me plough
I'll leave aside me horse and yoke
for no more I'll need them now

And I'll leave aside my Mary
she's the girl I do adore
And I wonder will she think of me
when she hears the rifles roar

And we're off to Dublin in the green, in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the sun
Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash
To the echo of the Thompson Gun.

And when the war is over
and old Ireland she is free
I will take her to the church to wed
and a rebels wife she'll be.

Well, some men fight for silver
and some men fight for gold
But the IRA are fighting for
the land that the Freestaters stole

And we're all off to Dublin in the green, in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the sun
Where the bayonets flash and the rifles crash
To the rattle of a Thompson gun

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[someproduct]

i love luke kelly and ronnie drew and i never write on youtube but i am a merry ploughboy and i gotta get home to my rebel wife or else

[johnfoconnor]

Ronnie, Luke and Ciaran are up there in the clouds singing away.

God rest ye, and we will be up there sometime to see ye in a great concert.

[silverdalesapphires]

Ronnie Drew at his 'rebel' best! He doesn't just sing the song - he feels, expresses and means every word. Irreplaceable talent! (P.S. an' I'm a Brit!)

[boxy2k8]

I love this song but "taken by force" as i've heard said is not "stolen". It is WON.

[mcgeogheganj]

what can you say about that performance,oh i am a merry ploughboy " i'll always be one , may your god be with you , love this band

[thesmokeman1]

@3tangle3 write a fuckin song or 2 ya pack a muppets

[rapier0954]

Just what ever was so great about Britain running around the world enslaving and exploiting the poorer people with less technology and military hardware. Furthermore, we well know that the kingdom was united by force making it a union without unity. The whole business has always been preposterous this putting the word Great or United in the name of your country when you are neither.

[mcgzer]

The merry ploughboy in Rathfarnham, a proud area of dublin that opposed the British, the home of Padraig Pearse.

[gerryb11000]

@3tangle3

great sentiment good luck on sunday from a paddy !