Chords:
{t: King's Shilling, The}
{artist: Karan Casey & James Taylor }
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDhfqy4S6hI Capo 1
{c: Thanks https://www.irish-folk-songs.com}
Oh my [G] love has [D] left me wi' [A] bairnies [D] twa
And [A] that's the [G] last o' him I [A] ever [D] saw
He [G] joined the [D] army and he’s [A] marched a-[D]wa'
He [G] took the [D] shillin'
He [G] took the [D] shillin' and he’s [A] off tae [D] war.
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Oh he [G] looked sae [D] prood and sae [A] gallant [D] then
Wi' his [A] kilt and [G] sporran an' his [A] musket [D] gun
And the [G] ladies [D] kissed them as they [A] marched a-[D]long
And they [G] sailed a[D] wa' boys
They [G] sailed a-[D]wa', boys, by the [A] Broomie [D] law
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
The [G] pipes did [D] play as they [A] marched a-[D]long
And the [A] men they [G] sang oot a [A] battle [D] song
"March [G] on, march [D] on," cried our [A] Captain [D] gay
For [G] King and [D] country
For [G] King and [D] country we will [A] fight this [D] day
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
The [G] battle [D] echoed tae the [A] sound o' [D] guns
And [A] bayonets [G] flashed in the [A] morning [D] sun
The [G] drums did [D] beat and the [A] cannons [D] roared
And the [G] shillin' [D] didn't seem
The [G] shillin' [D] didn't seem much [A] worth no [D] more
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Some [G] lost the [D] battle, their [A] bodies [D] fell
Cut [A] doon by [G] bayonets and [A] musket [D] ball
And [G] many [D] o' these [A] brave young [D] men
Would [G] never [D] fight for
Would [G] never [D] fight for their [A] King a-[D]gain
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Come [G] laddies [D] come, hear the [G] cannons roar
Tak' the [D] King's shilling an' we're [A] off tae [D] war
Oh my [G] love has [D] left me wi' [A] bairnies [D] twa
And [A] that's the [G] last o' him I [A] ever [D] saw
He [G] joined the [D] army and he’s [A] marched a-[D]wa'
He [G] took the [D] shillin'
He [G] took the [D] shillin' and he’s [A] off tae [D] war.
