they wear green and they are beautiful their hearts are filled with love they re as pure as any lily and as gentle as the dove they sing and cheer in harmony til their throats are cracked and sore but there is no doubt you ll hear them shout when jackie s heroes score too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do they ll come from dublin and from cork from dear old donegal from london boston and new york from anywhere at all from parramatta to fermoy strabane to skibereen and will the shout go up when the world cup is raised on stephens green yes it will too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do and when we re there in italy on sardinia s sunny shore we ll be the boys you ll want to see the boys you ll all adore we ll play like perfect gentlemen to win to lose to draw for we re here to take the world cup to paddy s shamrock shore too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do  too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo too ra loo and we ll follow jack s heroes whatever they do