irelands national anthem

Chorus: we'll sing a song a soldiars song,
with cheering rousing chorus
as round our blazing fires we throng the starry heavens o'er us
impatiant for the coming fight
and as we wait the mornings
here in the silence of the night
we'll chant a soldiers song.

soldairs are we whose lives are pledged to ireland,
some have come from a land beyond the wave,
sworn to be free,
no more our ancient sire land
shall sheltor despot or the slave.
tonight we man the gap of danger
in Erin's cause,some woe or weal,
'mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
we'll chant a soldiers song.

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In valley green on towering crag
our fathers fought before us
an a conqured 'neath th same old flag
thats proudly floating o'er us. were children of a fighting race
that never yet known disgrace
and as we march,the foe to face
we'll chant a soldiers song

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Sons of Gael!Men Of pale! The long wathced day is breaking.
The serried ranks of inisfail
shall set the tyrant quaking our camp fires now burning low
see in the east a silv'ry glow,
out yonder waits the saxon foe
so chnt a soldiers song.

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