i ll sing you a song of a row in the town when the green flag went up and the crown flag came down twas the neatest and sweetest thing ever you saw and they played that great game they call erin go bragh god bless gallant pearse and his comrades who died tom clarke macdonagh macdermott macbride and here s to james connolly who gave one hurrah and faced the machine guns for erin go bragh now one of our leaders was down in ringsend for the honour of ireland to hold and defend he had no veteran soldiers but volunteers raw playing sweet mauser music for erin go bragh old ceannt and his comrades like lions that day from the south dublin union poured death and dismay but what was their offin the invaders men saw all the dead khaki soldiers of erin go bragh a great foreign captain was raving that day saying give me one hour and i ll blow you away but a big mauser bullet got stuck in his jaw and he died of lead poison on erin go bragh ah glory to dublin to her do renown in the long generations her fame will go down and the children will tell how their forefathers saw the red blaze of freedom o er erin go bragh
['celtic', 'irish folk']