The Limerick Soviet Cifras

The Limerick Soviet - by Alun Parry
Lyrics from http://parrysongs.co.uk/the-limerick-soviet/
The link also includes some interesting backstory on the Song.
 
[Intro]
G  C  (4x)
 
 
[Verse 1]
G    C                G                C
1919 was the year the trouble all went down
   G              D             G               D
The Defence of the Realm Act was invoked by the Crown
    G               C         G            C
They imposed martial law upon old Limerick town
        G                D               G  C  G
And they made the local people foot the bill
 
    D                                G
The local trades and workers council met for 12 long hours
    D                              G
And said we will not recognise the British Army’s powers
                 C            G                 C
This city is the people’s, we reclaim it now as ours
   G            D             G  C  G
It ever was and shall be ever still
 
 
[Chorus]
G          D        Em   C
We are the Limerick Soviet
   G           D               G
We only answer to the people’s plea
 G         D              Em       C
We care no more for their martial law
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
 
 
[Verse 2]
    G                C                    G               C
The printing workers laboured through the darkness of the night
   G            D          G                D
To urge the population to resist the army’s might
     G               C              G                 C
Within two hours the city walls proclaimed a General Strike
    G           D             G  C  G
And Limerick responded to the call
 
 D                                G
Workers in their thousands were parading through the streets
     D                            G
The Irish Times was horrified and called for their defeat
                       C                  G        C
But the people were in charge now not the Army or elite
     G                  D             G  C G
They held the torch of freedom for us all
 
 
[Chorus]
G          D        Em   C
We are the Limerick Soviet
   G           D               G
We only answer to the people’s plea
 G         D              Em       C
We care no more for their martial law
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
 
 
[Verse 3]
    G          C            G               C
The Soviet of Limerick it lasted two weeks long
      G          D          G                  D
A forgotten revolution overlooked by history’s song
      G               C                 G             C
John Cronin and his strike committee’s beacon has not gone
   G                   D               G  C  G
It lights the path to justice for us still
 
 
[Chorus]
G          D        Em   C
We are the Limerick Soviet
   G           D               G
We only answer to the people’s plea
 G         D              Em       C
We care no more for their martial law
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me
 
G          D        Em   C
We are the Limerick Soviet
   G           D               G
We only answer to the people’s plea
 G         D              Em       C
We care no more for their martial law
         G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me.
        G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me.
        G            D                 C
Than the British Army cares for you and me.
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