This song was often sung by Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers.
It is an old traditional Irish folk song.
Isn't It Grand Boys
 

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Look at the coffin, with   golden handles

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Isn't it grand, boys  to be bloody well dead

 A7                      D          G                                     D
Let's not have a sniffle,  Let's have a bloody good cry

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And always remember, the longer you live the

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Sooner you'll bloody well die

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Look at the flowers, all bloody withered

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Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead

 A7                      D          G                                     D
Let's not have a sniffle,  Let's have a bloody good cry

        G                                 D          
And always remember, the longer you live the

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Sooner you'll bloody well die

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Look at the mourners, bloody great hypocrites

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Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead

 A7                      D          G                                     D
Let's not have a sniffle,  Let's have a bloody good cry

        G                                 D          
And always remember, the longer you live the

Em7               A7                D
Sooner you'll bloody well die

D                                G
Look at the preacher, bloody sanctimonious

            D                           E7                A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead

 A7                      D          G                                     D
Let's not have a sniffle,  Let's have a bloody good cry

        G                                 D          
And always remember, the longer you live the

Em7               A7                D
Sooner you'll bloody well die

D                             G

Look at the widow, bloody great female

            D                          E7               A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead

 A7                      D          G                                     D
Let's not have a sniffle,  Let's have a bloody good cry

        G                                 D          
And always remember, the longer you live the

Em7               A7                D
Sooner you'll bloody well die