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Here's a traditional Irish song often sung by Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers and many other Irish singers.
Johnsons Motor Car

           C                                                                G7     C
 'Twas down by Brannigan's Corner, one morning I did stray
                                         F                   C         
 I met a fellow rebel, and to me he did say
                                                            F                    C
 "We've orders from the captain to assemble at Dunbar
                                                                 G7      C      
 But how are we to get there, without a motor car?"
  
         C                                                                  G7           C
 "Oh, Barney dear, be of good cheer, I'll tell you what we'll do
                                                         F              C
 The specials they are plentiful, the I.R.A. are few
                                                     F                      C
 We'll send a wire to Johnson to meet us at Stranlar
                                                                                           G7     C
 And we'll give the boys a bloody good ride in Johnson's Motor Car
             
            C                                                                     G7      C 
 When doctor Johnson heard the news he soon put on his shoes
                                                             F                  C
 He says this is an urgent case, there is no time to lose
                                                        F                      C
 He then put on his castor hat and on his breast a star
                                                                                       G7       C
 You could hear the din all through Glenfin of Johnson's Motor Car
 
        C                                                                         G7        C
 But when he got to the railway bridge, some rebels he saw there
                                                                  F                       C
 Old Johnson knew the game was up, for at him they did stare
                                              F                       C    
 He said "I have a permit, to travel near and far"
                                                                             G7     C
 "To hell with your English permit, we want your motor car"
 
             C                                                           G7          C          
 "What will my local brethren think, when they hear the news
                                                                    F                    C
 My car it has been commandeered, by the rebels at Dunluce"
                                                      F                            C
 "We'll give you a receipt for it, all signed by Captain Barr
                                                                                           G7     C
 And when Ireland gets her freedom, boy, you'll get your motor car"
 
 C                                                                G7       C         
 Well we put that car in motion and filled it to the brim
                                                                F                            C
 With guns and bayonets shining which made old Johnson grim
                                                                     F                      C
 And Barney hoisted a Sínn Fein flag, and it fluttered like a star
                                                                                        G7      C
 And we gave three cheers for the I.R.A. and Johnson's Motor Car


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