The Men That God Made Mad (Ron Kavana) Far far from Clifden's rocky shore o'er the broad Atlantic sea The Battalion of St. Patrick tired of harsh brutality No more abuse or bigotry, their angry cry wholehearted Near Matamoras lives were lost that's when the fighting started Who were those men, what was the crime For which their lives were wasted Did they rob or rape, or was their fate As the poet once related Were those great Gaels of Ireland The men that God made mad Their wars were never merry But all their songs were sad Land of the Free meant liberty to the U.S. Army's Irish Till James K. Polk he sent them south to civilize the Spanish In a war to extend slavery and unjust exploitation They'd not repeat what Cromwell did to their poor Irish Nation Who were those men, what was the crime For which their lives were wasted Did they rob or rape, or was their fate As the poet once related Were those great Gaels of Ireland The men that God made mad Their wars were never merry But all their songs were sad At L'Angustura, Irish blood drenched the sun-baked clay And Mexico still honours those brave men who died that day But the worst was yet to come in the hour that war was ended When General Scott hung the Irishmen to celebrate with vengeance Who were those men, what was the crime For which their lives were wasted Did they rob or rape, or was their fate As the poet once related Were those great Gaels of Ireland The men that God made mad Their wars were never merry But all their songs were sad recorded by Niamh Parsons https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=39317
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