History of football Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Fro[Bm]m Ire[D]land came a band,
a hundred years ago they say,
For the [G]birthday feast of
the [D]Clan MacLeish,
the [A]band was booked to [G]play.
They wore [D]green hats, green spots,
green coats, I think,
The [G]thing they weren't a [D]-green on
was the [A]share and all the
[D]drink.[G][D][G][D][G]
[D]Colonel Chief MacLeish was
very pleased
as he took to his seat
For [G]it was said his [D]wife had made
a special [G]birthday treat
He wore [D]blue braid, blue plate,
blue kilt I suppose
The [G]only thing that [D]wasn't blue,
he [A]never blew his [D]nose[G][D][G][Bm][D]
[G]
[D]The guests gasped when at last
the treat was finally brought
On a [G]wooden plate,
a [Bm]steaming great [A]dumpling piping [G]hot
Oh, they grabbed [D]it, stabbed it,
but the dumpling stayed intact
Till a [G]fierce McLeish, [D]no too pleased,
[A]gave it a hell of a [D]crack[G][D][G][D]
[G]
[D]The whittler stopped the dumpling
with an Irish roar of pain
He [G]cursed and swore,
[D]then once more [A]kicked it back [G]again
They went up and [D]down the
banquet room,
forty -wide and eighty -lang,
[G]Kicked between [D]MacLeish's men
and the [A]Irish Ceilidh [D]band.[G][D][G][D]
[G]
[D]Their anger changed to laughter
when they saw it could be fun,
But [G]their laughter changed to [D]anger
when they [A]thought the Rhymeside [G]won.
Still they [D]play this game today
Though they've changed
the rules somehow
We're [G]el even dumplings
[D]on each side
And they [A]call it football [D]now
[G][D][G][Bm][D][G]
[D]