Leather, Brass and Bone

(c) 1990, Joe Maher. Recorded by Darby O'Gill, "The Gettin's Good", 2002, Dog Sheet Music.

Notes: The death of a warrior-knight.

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Leather, Brass and Bone © 1990, Joe Maher (Waltz) G                                               Dm            G            Dm I am the warrior’s fine steel blade, fired by the smithy o’ Ramsgate C                             G Through the dry dust drawn        G                                            Dm           G              Dm And I am his shinin’ bright mail coat, sent on the wings of a longboat C                  G Bloody as the dawn Dm                            C                        G Last night lightening lit up a strange, grey shadow there Dm                                                       G But all was black as he peered through the storm Dm                               C                     G Waiting, wondering how dear his soul old luck’d hold Dm                            C               D Keening his sight, he unbuckled his sword I am the warrior’s brave stallion, won from a rich Iber galleon From my back he’s torn And I am his loving young widow, cursing his name on my pillow As his child is born I am the earth that embraces him, toiling till there’s not a trace of him Leather, brass and bone And I am the warrior’s fond memory. Look close, ‘cause that’s all that’s left of me Leather, brass and bone