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Intro

Riff

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Couplet 1:

They looked out from the

Fortress on the hill

There came a single warrior

Returning from the kill

The spoils of war hung

From his horses mane

 The bloody heads of enemies

 That he had freshly slayed

They saw the face

The eyes so sullen

Could only be the

 Young C. Chullain

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Thunder rising

 Thunder rising

Thunder rising

Early in the morning

Cities burning

 The world keeps turning

Thunder rising

Early in the morning

Couplet 2:

The son of Lugh MacEithleen knew no fear

 For just one blow at any foe

To tell his end was near

So many tried to mock this Celtic son

They taunted and they teased him till

He slayed them one by one

And so they came

And so they've fallen

at the hands of

 Young C. Chullain

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Interlude

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Couplet 3:

Long ago the legend has it

How the mighty Ulster men

Battled with the King Of Connacht

Fighting to the bitter end

No one knew what foolish reason

Caused this skirmish to begin

Was it treachery or treason

Or just the idle threats of drunken men?

Interlude

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Melodie 2x