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The Accrington Pals by Mike Harding
The Accrington Pals
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Bb
[Intro]
Bb Eb Bb Eb
[Verse 1]
Bb Eb Bb
Smoky town where they were born,
Bb Eb F
Down in the valley, smoky little streets;
Bb Eb Bb
They were pals from childhood days
Eb Cm F
Climbing trees and running through the fields
Bb Eb
And they all played together
F Bb
Through the turning of the years,
Bb Cm F
Sharing their laughter, sharing all their fears.
Eb
The seasons saw them growing, oh
Bb F
The seasons passing turned them round
Bb Eb Bb Eb F
Through the turning, turning, turning years,
Bb Eb Bb
The Accrington Pals.
[Verse 2]
Bb Eb Bb
Schooldays end, the lads all went
Bb Eb F
To work, some spinning, some weaving in the sheds,
Bb Eb Bb
On the land or down the pit,
Bb Eb F
Working hard to earn their daily bread.
Bb Eb F Bb
And they all went walking up old Pendle Hill
Bb Cm F
On Sundays, the larks sang high above the dale,
Eb
Little Willie Riley
Bb F
Played his mandolin and sang.
Bb Eb Bb Eb F
They were laughing, they were singing then,
Bb Eb Bb
The Accrington Pals.
[Verse 3]
Bb Eb Bb
1916 came the call:
Bb Eb F
We need more lads to battle with the Hun,
Bb Eb Bb
Lads of Lancashire, heed the call;
Eb F
With God on our side the battle will soon be won
Bb Eb F Bb
So they all came marching to the beating of the drums
Bb Eb F Bb
Down from the fields and factories they’d come,
Bb Eb
Smiling at the girls who
Bb F
Came to see them on their way.
Bb Eb Bb Eb F
They were marching, marching, marching away,
Bb Eb Bb
The Accrington Pals
[Verse 4]
Bb Eb Bb
Blue skies shining on that perfect day,
Bb Eb F
A lark was singing high above the Somme;
Bb Eb Bb
Brothers, pals and fathers lay
Eb F
Watching that sweet bird sing in the quiet of the dawn
Bb Eb
Then they all went walking out
F Bb
Towards the howling guns,
Bb Eb Cm F
Talking and laughing, calmly walking on,
Eb
Believing in the lies that
Bb F
Left them dying in the mud;
Bb Eb Bb Eb F
And they’re lying, lying, lying still,
Bb Eb Bb
The Accrington Pals
[Verse 5]
Bb Eb Bb
Smoky town that heard the news
Bb Eb F
Down in the valley, smoky little streets;
Bb Eb Bb
Houses quiet and curtains pulled
Eb Bb F
All round the town, a silent shroud of grief.
Bb Eb F Bb
And the larks were singing still above Old Pendle Hill,
Eb Bb
The wind was in the bracken,
F Bb
The sun was shining still,
Eb
And the larks were singing sweetly as
Bb F
The evening fell upon the Somme
Bb
On Edward Parkinson
Eb
Bobby Henderson
Bb
Billie Clegg
Eb
Johnny Molloy
Bb
Norman Jones
Eb
Albert Berry
Bb Eb F
Willie Riley,
Bb
The Accrington Pals
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