The Bonfire On The Border

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste [Verse 1] G C Twas on July the twenty-eighth G In the year of thirty-seven, G C A fire was lit without a grate G D G And the flames leaped high to heaven. G Well the King and Queen came sailing down D G With the Lough in the finest order G C And we welcomed them to Belfast town G D G With a bonfire on the Border. [Interlude] G C G C G D G [Verse 2] G C Oh the Queen put a muffler round her neck D G Assisted by her wee men, G And the King walked up and down the deck G D G Surrounded by his G-men. G He asked "What is that glare I see?" G D G The reply was there in order: G C "It´s Ireland united in loyalty G D G With a bonfire on the Border !" [Interlude] G C G C G D G [Verse 3] G C Some say the spark came from Tír Eoghain G Some say it was Tír Chónaill, G But a County Down man said it lit on its own G D G The combustion being spontaneous. G A lad who loved the King and Queen G D G Who stood for Law and Order, G C Says the flames were Orange, White and Green G D G In that bonfire on the Border. [Interlude] G C G C G D G [Verse 4] G C They may prance and dance in Belfast Town, G They may croon ´Whereas´ in Dublin; G They may sever the Empire from the Crown, G D G But they might as well not be troublin´ G Neither Lay Tribunal nor Legal Bench, G D G Nor turnkey, tout or warder, G C Nor all the Boyne water can ever quench G D G That bonfire on the Border! [Verse 5] G C Here´s to the lads that played the game, G Here´s to the minds that planned it, G Here´s to the hands that lit the flame, D G Here´s to the winds that fanned it: G May it blaze again from shore to shore G D G Consuming our land´s disorder: G C May it leap and roar from shore to shore G D G Till it burns away the Border!