A
Soldier's Song
Soldiers are we,
whose lives
are pledged to Ireland
Some have come from a land beyond the
wave,
Some to be free,
no more our ancient sireland
Shall shelter the despot or the slave;
tonight we man the Bearna
Baoghal
In Erin's cause.
come woe or weal;
'Mid cannon's
roar and rifle's peal
We'll chant a soldier's song.
We'll sing a song, a soldier's
song
With cheering, rousing chorus
As round our blazing
fires we thong,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for
the coming fight,
And as we wait the mornings light
here
in the silence of the night
We'll sing a soldier's song
CHORUS
In valley green or towering crag
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same
old flag
That's floating o'er us,
We're children of a fighting
race
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march
the foe to face,
We'll sing a soldier's song
CHORUS
Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!
The Long watched day is breaking;
The serried ranks of Innisfail
Shall set the tyrant quaking.
Our camp fires now are burning
low;
See in the east a silvery glow,
Out yonder waits the
saxon foe,
So sing a soldier's song.
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Amhán Na bhFiann
Sinne
Fianna Fáil,
Atá Fá gheall ag Éirinn,
Buidhean dár sluagh tar rúinn do ráinig chughainn:
Fámhoídh bheírh saor,
Sean-tír ár
sinnsear feasta
Ní fágfar fá'n tíorán
ná fa'n tráil;
Anocht a theigeamh sa bhearna baoghail,
Le gean ar Gaedhí chun báis nó saoghail,
Le gunna sgréach: Fá lamhach na piléar.
Seo Libh canaidh amhrán na bhFiann.
Seo dhibh a cháirde
duan oglaidh
Caithréimeach, bríoghmhar, ceolmhar.
Ár dteinte cnámh go buacach táid,
`S an
spéir go min réaltógach.
Is fionmhar faobhrach
sinn chun gleo
'S go tiúnmhar glé roimh tigheacht
do'n ló,
Fa ciúnas chaoimh na h-oidhche ar seol,
Seo libh, canaídh amhrán na bhFiann.
Cois banta réidhe,
ar árdaibh sléibhe.
Ba bhuadhach ár rinnsear
romhainn,
Ag lámhach go tréan fá'n sár-
bhrat séin
Tá thuas sa ghaoith go seolta;
Ba dhúthchas riamh d'ár gcine cháidh
Gan
iompáil riar ó imirt áir,
'Siubhal mar
iad i gcoinnibh rámhaid
Seo libh, canaidh amhrán
na bhFiann.
A buidhean nach fann
d'fuil Ghaoidheal is Gall
Sinn breacadh lae na saoirse,
Tá sgéimhle 's sgannradh í gcroidhthibh namhad,
Roimh ranngaibh laochra ár dtíre;
Ár dteinte
is tréith gan spréach anois,
Sin luinne ghlé
san spéir anoir,
'S an bíodhbha i raon na bpiléar
agaibh:
Seo libh, canaidh amhrán na bhFiann. |
