X: 1
T: O'Donnel Abu (The Clan Connell War Song)
C: M.J.McAnn (c.1843)
R: march
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: G
[| "G"G2 Bc | d2 Bd | b2 "(C)"ge | "G"d2 cB | "Am"A2 AB | "D7"c2 BA | "G"G2 Bc | "D7"d4 ||
|| "G"G2 Bc | d2 Bd | b2 "(C)"ge | "G"d2 cB | "Am"A2 a>g | "D7"fd ef | "G"g2 "C"g>a | "G"g4 |]
[| "G"b2 ba | ge d2 | g2 "(C)"ge | "G"dB G2 | "C"c2 cc | "G"Bd- dB | "Am"A2 AB | "D7"A4 ||
|| "G"G2 Bc | de d2 | b2 "(C)"ge | "G"dd cB | "Am"A2 a>g | "D7"fd ef | "G"g2 "C"g>a | "G"g4 |]
W:Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding
W:Loudly the warcries arise on the gale
W:Fleetly the steed by Lough Swilly is bounding
W:To join the thick squadrons on Saimiers green vale!
W:On every mountaineer! Stranger to flight or fear!
W:Rush to the standard of dauntless Red Hugh!
W:Bonnaught and Gallowglass, throng from each mountain pass!
W:Onward for Erin! O'Donnell abu!
W:
W:Princely O'Neill to our aid is advancing
W:With many a chieftain and warrior clan!
W:A thousand proud steeds in his vanguard are prancing
W:Neath the Borderers brave from the banks of the Bann!
W:Many a heart shall quail under its coat of mail,
W:Deeply the merciless foeman shall rue
W:When on his ear shall ring, borne on the breezes wing
W:TyrConnell's dread war cry O'Donnell abu!
W:
W:Wildly o'er Desmond the warwolf is howling
W:Fearless the eagle sweeps over the plain
W:The fox in the streets of the city is prowling
W:And all who would conquer them are banished, or slain!
W:On with O'Donnell then! Fight the good fight again!
W:Sons of TyrConnell are valiant and true!
W:Make the proud Saxon feel Erin's avenging steel!
W:Strike! For your Country! O'Donnell abu!