| lyric | 1. I'll sing you a song of a row in the town
When the green flag went up
and the crown tag come down,
’Twas the neatest and sweetest
thing ever you saw
And they played the best game
played in Erin Go Bragh.
2. Well a thousand brave men now of every degree
With their rifles and bayonets they swore they'd be free
And one fine Easter morning they laughed at the law
And they played the best game played in Erin go Bragh.
3. God rest gallant Pearse and his comrades who died
Tom Clarke, McDonagh, McDermott, McBride.
And here's to Jem Connolly who gave one hurrah
As he placed the machine guns for Erin go Bragh.
4. And brave De Valera was down at Ringsend
The honour of Ireland to hold and defend.
He had no veteran soldiers but volunteers raw
Making sweet Mauser music for Erin go Bragh.
5. Bold Kent and his comrades like lions at bay
From the South Dublin Union poured death and dismay.
And what was their wrath when those Englshmen saw
All the dead khaki soldiers in Erin go Bragh.
6. And here's to Ned Daly and all his command
From the Four Courts to Broadstone their fighting was grand.
For the might of the empire they cared not a straw
And they played the best game played in Erin go Bragh.
7. Now our brave English captain was raving that day
Saying: ""Give me one hour and I'll blow them away.""
But a big Mauser bullet got stuck in his craw
And he died of lead poisoning, Erin go Bragh.
8. Here's health to the men of the brave rank and file
And the loyal-hearted women of Erin's Green Isle.
Let true men salute them in wonder and awe
The bravest and greatest in Erin go Bragh.
9. All honour to Dublin, to her's the renown
In the long generations her name will go down.
And their children will tell how their forefathers saw
The red blaze of freedom o'er Erin go Bragh. |