Rock on Rockall Wolfe Tones
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THE WOLFE TONES
ROCK ON ROCKALL
words and music by Brian Warfield
This song is by the legendary Irish ballad group the Wolfe Tones.
It's about the island(rock) of Rockall which is about 200 miles northeast of Donegal.
Rockall is situated in Irish owned waters, but the English and more recently the Danes have tried
to claim Rockall, but it's "Irish to the core".
"Tiochaidh Ar Lá"
Verse 1
[D] [A]
[D]Oh the Empire, it is finished
No foreign lands to seize
So the gr[G]eedy eye of En[D]gland
Is turning towards the sea[A]s
Two [D]hundred miles from Donega[Bm]l
There's a [D]place that's called Rockall
And the g[G]roping hands of [D]Whitehall
Are [A]grabbing at it's wall[D]s
Chorus
Oh rock on Rockall, you'll never fal[Bm]l
For B[D]ritains greedy hands
Oh you'll [G]meet the same res[D]istance like you did in many lan[A]ds
May the [D]seagulls rise and pluck your eye[Bm]s
And the [D]water crush your shell
And the n[G]atural gas will your [D]burn ass
And blo[A]w you all to hel[D]l
Verse 2
[D]This rock is part of Ireland
For it's written in folklore
When F[G]inn McCool took a sod of [D]grass
He threw it to the for[A]e
When he [D]tossed a pebble across the se[Bm]a
Where e[D]ver did it fall
For the sod[G] became the Isle of Ma[D]n
Now the [A]pebble's called Rockal[D]l
Chorus...
Verse 3
[D]Oh the seas will not be silent
While Brittania grabs the waves
And r[G]emember that the Iri[D]sh
Will no longer be your slave[A]s
And r[D]emember that Brittania wel[Bm]l
She r[D]ules the waves no more
So keep you[G]r hands off Rockal[D]l
It's [A]Irish to the cor[D]e.
Chorus...
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