You'll Never Beat The Irish, Part 1 Lyrics

I was 18yrs old when I went down to Dublin with a fistful Of money and a cartload of dreams "Take your time" said me father Stop rushing like hell and remember all is not what it s...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, then Basil Brugha's me name, with me orange sash I came For to beat me drum on the twelfth day of july And the English queen and crown I'll never let them down ‚Up the Bor...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, come boys and I'll tell you a story Of a piper who lived long ago And he played all sorts of music For friends and relations and foes At hoolies and weddings and parties M...Read Full Lyrics

Armoured cars and tanks and guns Came to take away our sons But every man must stand behind The men behind the wire Through the little streets of Belfast In the dark of earl...Read Full Lyrics

You may talk and sing and boast about your Peelers and your clans And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tan But I know a little codger who came out without a sc...Read Full Lyrics

Farewell my Country a Long farewell My tale of anguish no tongue can tell For I'm forced to fly o'er the ocean wide From the home I love by Lough Sheelin side How proud was I o...Read Full Lyrics

The Fighting 69th Come all you gallant heroes, And along with me combined I'll sing a song, It won't take long, Of the Fighting Sixty Ninth They're a band of men brave, Stout and ...Read Full Lyrics

In these sad and lonely days for Ireland Our people shipped across the ocean wide They left their footsteps by the harbour walls And their dreams are in the hills And the cabin...Read Full Lyrics

Far across yonder blue lies a true fairy land With the sea rippling over the shingle and sand Where the gay honeysuckle is luring the bee And the green glens of Antrim are calli...Read Full Lyrics

Last night as I lay dreamin' Of pleasant days gone by Me mind bein' bent on travelin' To Ireland I did fly I stepped aboard a vision And followed with my will 'Til next I came to a...Read Full Lyrics