One more song about the Fighting 69th, this one from Sigmund Spaeth's Weep Some More, My Lady. Spaeth describes it as a "fine example of the pseudo-military songs of Harrigan and Hart." It was sung by Tony Hart, written by Ed Harrigan and Dave Braham.

THE GALLANT 69th
(Ed Harrigan & Dave Braham)

We are privates in the Sixty-Ninth, We follow up the fife and drum;
We can't forget our old comrades And their glory at Bull Run.
It was there with bayonets bristling, Where the shot and shell were whistling,
Our boys helped gain the day.

CHORUS
We march behind the band, true sons of Paddy's land
The Irish boys for style are excellent
The green above the red, with martial step we tread
In the gallant Sixty-Ninth Regiment

They admit we are the ladies' pride, When we're out for a grand review,
They shout huzza from near and far, At our Irish boys so true;
With columns solid as a wall, Bright uniforms neat and clean,
We are one and all sons of Erin, From the land of the Shamrock green.

Should America call on her soldier boys, To the front we'd boldly go;
For a righteous cause, our Nation's laws, Give battle to the foe.
We'll ne'er forget old Ireland, But keep our powder dry,
"Faugh a ballagh" our cry, clear the way, To conquer or to die.

(Copyright by Wm. A. Pond & Co. Used by permission.)

Words by Edward Harrigan. Music by Dave Braham, 1875

Sheet music is here (click) at Levy.