Chord The Croppy Boy by Dubliners

capo 3 = F it D was early , early G in the spring the A birds did whistle and D sweetly sing , changing their notes from G tree to D tree and the A song they sang was old D ireland free . it was early early in the night , the yeoman cavalry gave me a fright; the yeoman cavalry was my downfall and i was taken by lord cornwall . ’twas in the guard - house where i was laid , and in a parlour where i was tried; my sentence passed and my courage low when to dungannon i was forced to go . as i was passing my father’s door my brother william stood at the door; my aged father stood at the door and my tender mother her hair she tore . as i was going up wexford street my own first cousin i chanced to meet; my own first cousin did me betray and for one bare guinea swore my life away . as i was walking up wexford hill who could blame me to cry my fill? i looked behind , and i looked before but my aged mother i shall see no more . and as i mounted the platform high my aged father was standing by; my aged father did me deny and the name he gave me was the croppy boy . it was in dungannon this young man died and in dungannon his body lies . and you good people that do pass by oh shed a tear for the croppy boy .