Willy McBride
by Eric Bogle · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Oh how do you do
Young Wil-ly Mc-Bride
Do you mind if I sit here
Down by your grave-side
And rest for a while
In the warm sum-mer sun
I've been walk-ing all day
And I'm near-ly done
And I see by your grave-stone
You were on-ly nine-teen
When you joined the great fal-len
In nine-teen six-teen
Well I hope you died quick
And I hope you died clean
Or Wil-ly Mc-Bride
Was is it slow and ob-scene
Did they beat the drums slow-ly
Did they play the fife low- ly
Did they sound the death march
As they low-ered you down
Did the band play the last post and cho-rus
Did the pipes play
'The Flow-ers of the For-est'