IRISH SOLDIER LADDIE

'Twas a mornin' in July, I was walking through Tipperary
When I heard the battle cry, from the mountains overhead
As I looked up to the sky, I saw an Irish Soldier laddie
he looked at me right fearlessly and said

CHORUS: Will you stand in the band like a true Irishman,
And go and fight the forces of the crown
Will you march with O'Neill to an Irish battlefield
For tonight we're going to free old Wexford town

Says I to that soldier lad, would you take me to your captain
It would be my pride and joy for to march with you today
I've a brother died at Cork and a son at Enniscorthy
To the noble captain I did say: CHORUS

We marched back again in the shadow of the evening
With our banners flying low to the memory of the dead
We came back to our homes but without our soldier laddie
But I still can hear those brave words he said: CHORUS

Written by Pat McGuigan

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