And list while I sing
For the love of ones country
Is a terrible thing
It banishes fear with
the speed of a flame
And it makes us all part of
The patriot game
My name is O’Hanlon
And I’ve just turned 16
my home is in monaghan
it’s where i was weaned
I learned all my life cruel England to blame
And now I’m part of the patriot game
This Ireland of ours has too long been half free
Six counties lie under John Bull’s tyranny
It’s barely two years shice I wandered away
With the local battalion of the bold IRA
I read of my heroes and wanted the same
This Ireland of ours has for long been half-free. Six counties are under John Bull’s tyranny.
So, we gave up our boyhood to drill and to train and play our own part in the patriot game.
Liam Clancy’s version
And now as I lie here
My body all holes
I think of those traiters
Who bargained and sold
And now as I lie here,
My body all holes,
I think of those traitors,
who bargained in souls
[QUOTE=“TreatyStones, post: 975630, member: 1786”]And now as I lie here,
My body all holes,
I think of those traitors,
who bargained in souls[/QUOTE]
:oops:
I wish that my rifle had given the same
To those quislings who soldout the Patriot Game
They told me how Connolly was shot in a chair
His wounds from the fighting all bleeding and bare
His fine body twisted all battered and lame
They soon made me part of the patriot game
This Ireland of mine has for long been half-free
Six Counties are under John Bull’s Monarchy
But still DeValera is greatly to blame
For shirking his part in the patriot game
I don’t mind a bit if I shoot down police
They are lackeys for war never guardians of peace
And yet at deserters I’m never let aim
The rebels who sold out the patriot game
Either is acceptable Mark. I prefer the line I quoted.