Banna Strand Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]It [C]was [G]a g[D]ood
Friday [A]morn[D] ing
All [G]in the month of
[D]May
A
German ship was signalling
[C]Beyond out [G]in the [A]bay
With [C]20 ,000 [D]rifles [G]already far to [A]land
But no [D]answering signals did come
from their [C]lonely [G]valestrand[D]
No signal, answers from the shore
Sir
Ro[G]ger sadly [D]said
No comrades here to welcome me
[C]Alas, they [G]must be [A]dead
But [C]I must do my d[D]uty,
and at [G]once I mean to [A]land
So [D]in a [A]small boat [D]pulled ashore,
on the [C]lonely [G]balus[D]trade
Now the
R .I .C. were hunting for
Sir
Ro[G]ger
High and
[D]Low
They found him at
Mackanus
Fort
Said, [C]there you [G]are a [A]foe
Said [C]he, I'm
Roger
[D]Casement, I came [G]to my native [A]land,
And I [D]mean to free my countrymen,
On the [C]lonely
[G]Bannis[D]trand.
Now they took
Sir
Roger, prisoner,
And they [G]sailed for
London [D]town.
And in the tower they laid him,
A [C]traitor [G]to the [A]crown.
Said [C]he, am no [D]traitor,
but his [G]trial he had to [A]stand
For [D]bringing
German rifles to the [C]lonely
[G]Danes[D]trand
It was in an
English prison that they
[G]led him to his [D]death
I'm dying for my country,
he [C]said with [G]his last [A]breath
They bur[C]ied him in
Brit[D]ish soil, far [G]from his native [A]land
And the [D]wild waves sing his requiem
on the [C]lonely [G]band[D]stand
Now they took
Sir
Roger home again
In the [G]year of sixty [D]-five
And with his comrades of sixteen
In [C]peace and [G]tranquil[A]lise
His [C]last fond wish, it [D]is fulfilled
For to [G]lie in his native [A]land
And the [D]waves will roll in peace again
On the [C]lonely
[G]Bannis[D]trand
And the waves will roll in peace again
On the [C]lonely [G]banner's [D]throng.[G][D]