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[Verse 1]
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Me name is Tim McDonnell, I’m from the Emerald Isle,
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I was born in Ireland’s bogs and left when but a child.
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Me father fought in ’98, for liberty so dear;
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He fell upon old Vinegar Hill, like an Irish volun teer.
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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys, the flag we all revere,
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We’ll fight and fall beneath the folds like Irish volun teers!
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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys, the flag we all revere,
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We’ll fight and fall beneath the folds like Irish volun teers!
[Verse 2]
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When I was driven from me home by an oppressor’s hand,
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I cut me sticks and greased me brogues, and came over to this land.
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I found a home and many friends, and some that I love dear;
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I’ll stick to them like bricks and glue says the Irish Volun teer.
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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys, the flag we all revere,
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We’ll fight and fall beneath the folds like Irish volun teers!
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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys, the flag we all revere,
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We’ll fight and fall beneath the folds like Irish volun teers!
[Verse 3]
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Now when the traitors of the south commence their warlike raid,
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I quickly laid down my hod, to the devil went me spade!
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To a recruiting office , that happened to be near,
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And joined the good old sixty-ninth like an Irish Volun teer.
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Then fill the ranks, and march away! No traitor’s do we fear;
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We’ll drive them all to blazes, says the Irish Volun teer.
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Then fill the ranks, and march away! No traitor’s do we fear;
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We’ll drive them all to blazes, says the Irish Volun teer.
[Verse 4]
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When the Prince of Wales came o’er, and made a hullaba loo,
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Oh, everybody was turned-out in gold and tinsel too;
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But then the good old sixty-ninth they didn’t like lords or peers,
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They wouldn’t give a damn for Kings, the Irish volun teers!
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We love the land of liberty, it’s laws we will revere,
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“But the devil take the nobility!” says the Irish volun teer.
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We love the land of liberty, it’s laws we will revere,
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“But the devil take the nobility!” says the Irish volun teer.
[Verse 5]
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Now if the traitors in the south should ever cross our roads,
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We’ll drive them all to blazes, as Saint Patrick did the toads,
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Well give them all short nooses that come just below the ears
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Made strong and good from Irish hemp, by Irish volun teers.
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Then here’s to brave McClellan, whom the army now reveres,
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He’ll lead us on to victory, say the Irish volun teers.
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Then here’s to brave McClellan, whom the army now reveres,
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He’ll lead us on to victory, say the Irish volun teers.
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Now fill your glasses up, me boys, a toast come drink with me,
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May Erin’s harp and Starry Flag united ever be;
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May traitors quake, and rebels shake, and tremble in their fears,
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When next we meet the Yankee boys, the Irish volun teers.
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God bless the name of Washington, that name this land reveres,
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Success to Meagher and Nugent and the Irish volun teers.
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God bless the name of Washington, that name this land reveres,
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Success to Meagher and Nugent and the Irish volun teers.
