Come all you loyal Irish men and listen to me now
I’ll tell you of the hurlers that come from Limerick town
Thirty years or more, me boys, no All-Ireland crown
But '73, believe you me, they really won renown
Shout, boys, hooray, this is Limerick’s day
Richie Bennis, Hartigan, Foley too, will play
Blondy Cregan, Eamon Grimes, they never will give up
Until we have by Shannon-side the Liam MacCarthy Cup
Tipp said they would bate us, in Thurles '73
With Keating in the forwards, we could not disagree
'Twas fast and fierce and furious, the hurling of the day
But Limerick had the bonfire set alight by Neddy Rea
Shout, boys, hooray, this is Limerick’s day
Richie Bennis, Hartigan, Foley too, will play
Blondy Cregan, Eamon Grimes, they never will give up
Until we have by Shannon-side the Liam MacCarthy Cup
September, we were in Croke Park, it really was the test
The black and amber from the Nore, put terror in the breast
They hit as hard as marble but shure they should have known
That marble from Kilkenny couldn’t shift the Treaty Stone
Shout, boys, hooray, this is Limerick’s day
Richie Bennis, Hartigan, Foley too, will play
Blondy Cregan, Eamon Grimes, they never will give up
Until we have by Shannon-side the Liam MacCarthy Cup
