Indian Meal Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Well, [D]up in the mountains
and down in the glens
The boilers are splashing
with Indian meal
From out of the scalps and the hovels
and dens
They follow the sound
of the bells as they peel
Indian meal, Indian meal,
Indian meal
Fightin' their way over Nexavel,
women and half -starvin' children
with elbows and fists
Stuffin' hodgepodge into can,
into noggin' and coughin'
and splutterin' back over the ditch
With bony old fingers on bony old pegs
They come with their tickets
each day [Em]for the dreg[D]s
Gatherin' the yellow in
tins and in pans
That's why children [C]meet it in
[D]ounces and pounds
Indian meal, Indian meal,
Indian [G]meal[D]
So what did they say with some
controversy?
He brung the potato from over the way
Well now for a review of the holy remain
[C]An [D]Indian meal is the dish of the day
Our lovely Prathia,
where have you gone?
You left us with nothing
to bite our[Em]self on
[D]The fishermen's nets
are all locked in [Em]the pond[Am]
[D]And all that we catch is our
death in the morn
Oh, the milk and the butter
and [Em]nobbly our lumber[D]s
Were all that was needed
[Em]to cure the pangs
Nev[D]er be flutters, a dose of the scutters
If you don't cook it right
it'll give you the
Indian meal, Indian meal,
Indian [G]meal[Em][D]
[Em]
[D][G][D][Em]
[D][G][D]
In Dublin so fair,
take your hunger and warts
The Quakers sell soup for a [Em]penny a quart
[D]Your penny and ha [G]'pens will
[D]get your [Em]bread [G]too[F]
[D]For to dunk in the yellow meal,
Indy and stew
There's ships leavin' full of pigs,
[Ebdim]heifers and lambs[C][Em]
[D]Some transportin' convicts
to Van [Em]Diemen's land
Where [D]hemorrhage and
battles are butter and grain
And all that comes back and all that remains
Is Indian meal, Indian meal,
[Am]meal[D]
[Em]
[D][Am][G]
[D]They're paving the streets of America
[Am]With gold at your feet for a [C]dollar a day
While [D]here on the works
we make bohery [Am]and gwee
For the [C]yeller are barely a [D]shill and a pee