Republican Soldier

I have often heard it said by my father and my mother

To fight for dear Ireland is an honor like no other

Well, if this be so, I will go to my station

And God willing, mother, I will bring you home a nation

And it's, oh dear me, how proud would I be to die a Republican soldier

Well, there's my captain now, he's a man called Tom O'Leary

Good natured to his friends, but in battle filled with fury

I'd follow him to hell should the Black and Tans defeat him

But this day's to be ours, and so I'll follow him to freedom

And it's, oh dear me, how proud would I be to die a Republican soldier