Am                   G
When I was on horseback, wasn't I pretty
     Am                   C       Am
When I was on horseback, wasn't I gay
                                    C
Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork city
                 G                            Am
And met with my downfall on the fourteenth of may

 Am                    G
Six jolly soldiers to carry my coffin
 Am                    C          Am
Six jolly soldiers to march by my side
                                C           Am
It's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses
 C          G            Em      Am
And for to smell them as we go along

Beat the drum slowly and play the pipes only
Playing the deadmarch as we go along
And bring me to Tipperary and lay me down easy
I am a young soldier that've never done wrong

(instrumental break)

(first verse)