The Irish Volunteer

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My name is Tim McDonald, I'm a 
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native of the Isle,
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Was born among old Erin's bogs 
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when I was but a child.
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My father fought in " 
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'Ninety-eight," for liberty so dear;
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He fell upon old Vinegar Hill, 
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like an Irish volunteer.

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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys,
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 the flag we all revere
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We'll fight and fall beneath its 
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folds, like Irish volunteers!
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Then raise the harp of Erin, boys,
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 the flag we all revere
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We'll fight and fall beneath its 
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folds, like Irish volunteers!

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[Verse]
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When I was driven from my home by 
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an oppressor's hand,
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I cut my sticks and greased me 
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brogues, and came o'er to this land.
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I found a home and many friends, 
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and some that I love dear;
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Be jabbers! I'll stick to them 
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like bricks and an Irish volunteer.

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Then fill your glasses up, me 
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boys, and drink a hearty cheer,
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To the land of our adoption and 
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the Irish volunteers!
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Then fill your glasses up, me 
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boys, and drink a hearty cheer,
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To the land of our adoption and 
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the Irish volunteers!

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Now when the traitors in the South
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 commenced a war-like raid,
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I quickly then laid down my hod, 
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to the devil went my spade!
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To a recruiting office then I 
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went, that happened to be near,
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And joined the good old 
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"Sixty-ninth," like an Irish 
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volunteer.

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Then fill the ranks and march 
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away, no traitors do we fear!
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We'll drive them all to blazes, 
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says the Irish volunteer.
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Then fill the ranks and march 
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away, no traitors do we fear!
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We'll drive them all to blazes, 
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says the Irish volunteer.

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[Verse]
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When the Prince of Wales came over
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 here, and made a hubbaboo,
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Oh, everybody turned out, you 
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know, in gold and tinsel too;
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But then the good old Sixty-ninth 
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didn't like these lords or peers
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They wouldn't give a damn for 
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kings, the Irish volunteers!

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We love the Land of Liberty, its 
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laws we will revere,
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"But the devil take the nobility!"
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 says the Irish volunteer
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We love the Land of Liberty, its 
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laws we will revere,
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"But the devil take the nobility!"
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 says the Irish volunteer

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[Verse]
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Now if the traitors in the South 
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should ever cross our roads,
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We'll drive them to the devil, as 
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Saint Patrick did the toads;
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We'll give them all short nooses 
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that come just below the ears,
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Made strong and good of Irish hemp
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 by Irish volunteers.

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Then here's to brave McClennan 
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whom the army now reveres
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He'll lead us on to victory, the 
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Irish volunteers.
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Then here's to brave McClellan, 
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whom the army now reveres
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He'll lead us on to victory, the 
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Irish volunteers.

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[Verse]
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Now fill your glasses up, my boys,
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 a toast come drink with me,
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May Erin's Harp and the Starry 
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Flag united ever be;
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May traitors quake, and rebels 
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shake, and tremble in their fears,
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When next they meet the Yankee 
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boys and Irish volunteers!

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God bless the name of Washington! 
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that name this land reveres;
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Success to Meagher and Nugent, and
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 their Irish volunteers!
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God bless the name of Washington! 
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that name this land reveres;
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Success to Meagher and Nugent, and
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 their Irish volunteers!

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