Bold Robert Emmet (hi-lo)

by Irish Folk Song

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BOLD ROBERT EMMET hi-lo
Irish folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4
 
 3    5   -4  5  4 5 5
 6    8   -8  8  7 8 8
The strug-gle is o-ver
 
 3   -3”  4  -3  -3” 3 
 6   -6   7  -7  -6  6
The boys are de-feat-ed
 
 3   5    -4    5    4   5
 6   8    -8    8    7   8
Old Ire-land’s sur-round-ed
 
 3   -3”  -4   5    -4
 6   -6   -8   8    -8
With sad-ness and gloom
 
5   -4  5   4   5
8   -8  8   7   8
We were de-feat-ed
 
 3   -3”   4  -3  -3”  3
 6   -6    7  -7  -6   6
And shame-ful-ly treat-ed
 
 2 -2”  3  -3” 3 6 6
 5 -5   6  -6  6 9 9
And I, Rob-ert Em-met
 
5  -4   4  -4  4
8  -8   7  -8  7
A-wait now my doom
 
 5     -4    5   4     5
 8     -8    8   7     8
Hung, drawn and quar-tered
 
  3   -3”  4  -3 -3”   3
  6   -6   7  -7 -6    6
Sure that was my sen-tence
 
 3   5  -4  5    4    5
 6   8  -8  8    7    8
But soon I will show them
 
3  -3” -4  5 -4
6  -6  -8  8 -8
No cow-ard am I 
 
-4   5   -4  5   4
-8   8   -8  8   7
My crime is the love
 
5   3   -3” 4 -3   -3” 3
8   6   -6  7 -7   -6  6
Of the land I was born in
 
2 -2”3 -3” 3 6
5 -5 6 -6  6 9
A he-ro I lived
 
 6  5 -4 4   -4   4
 9  8 -8 7   -8   7
And a he-ro I’ll die
 
 5   -4   5  4   5
 8   -8   8  7   8
Bold Rob-ert Em-met
 
 3  -3”  4   -3 -3”  3
 6  -6   7   -7 -6   6
The dar-ling of Ire-land
 
 5   -4   5  4   5
 8   -8   8  7   8
Bold Rob-ert Em-met
 
 3   -3”  -4  5  -4
 6   -6   -8  8  -8
Will die with a smile
 
 5    -4   5   4   5
 8    -8   8   7   8
Fare-well com-pan-ions
 
 3   -3” 4  -3  -3”  3
 6   -6  7  -7  -6   6
Both loy-al and dar-ing
 
 2   -2”  3   -3”3 6
 5   -5   6   -6 6 9
I’ll lay down my life
 
 6   5  -4 4  -4   4
 9   8  -8 7  -8   7
For the Em-er-ald Isle.