A Row In The Town Erin Go Bragh Cifras

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I'll sing you a song of a row in the town
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When the Green flag went up and the Crown flag came down
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Twas the neatest and sweetest thing ever you saw
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And they played that great game they called Erin Go Bragh
 
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God Bless galant Pearse and his comrades who died
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Tom Clark, MacDonagh, MacDiarmad, McBryde
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And here's to James Connolly who gave one Hurrah!
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And faced the machine guns for Erin Go Bragh
 
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Now one of our leaders was down in Ringsend
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For the honor of Ireland to uphold and defend
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He had no veteran soldiers but volunteers raw
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Playing sweet Mauser music for Erin Go Bragh
 
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Old Ceannt and his comrades like lions at bay
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From the South Dublin Union poured death and dismay
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But what was their wrath when the invaders' men saw
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All the dead khaki soldiers o'er Erin Go Bragh
 
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A great foreign captain was raving that day
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Saying "Give me one hour and I'll blow you away"
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But a big Mauser bullet got stuck in his craw
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And he died of lead poison in Erin Go Bragh
 
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A glory to Dublin, to her do renown
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In the long generations her fame will go down
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And the children will tell how their forefathers saw
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The red blaze of freedom o'er Erin Go Bragh
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