I sing no song of the long ago
Of the warriors staunch and bold
Who bore their spears on the Irish hills
In the golden days of old
But I raise a rann for our own dear lads
The loyal, brave and true!
Who flung their lives in the bearna bhaoil
The Soldiers of ’22
When they heard the call of a cause laid low
They sprang to their guns again
And the pride of all was the first to fall
The glory of our fighting men
In the days to come, when the pipe and drum
You follow it’s ways they knew!
When their praise you sing, let the echoes ring
With the memory of Cathal Brugha
Brave Liam Seán the moutainside
Fell a victim to the foe
And Dinny Lacey for Ireland died
In the glen of Aherlow
Neil Boyle and Quinn from the north came down
To stand with the faithful few!
And we’ll sing their praise in the freedom days
‘Mong the heroes of ’22
Some fell in the proud red rush of war
And some by the treacherous blow
Like the martyrs four in Dublin Town
And their comrades at Drumboe
And a hundred more in the barrack squares
And by lonely roadsides too!
Without fear they died and we speak with pride
Of the martyrs of ’22
They were right, true, the best
And they fought for fight
And the rest for peace of god
Lift up your hearts, Oh brave young men
And march in the ways they trod
And the cause still calls that called to them
And the task will be only through!
When freedom comes to the land that was loved
By the Soldiers of ’22
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