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Thread #92482   Message #1768489
Posted By: Mickey191
25-Jun-06 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: Irish Republican ballads - need advice
Subject: RE: Irish Republican ballards - need advice
How about the Patriot Game?

My name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone sixteen,
My home is in Monaghan where I was weaned.
I've learned all my life cruel England to blame,
And now I'm a part of the Patriot Game.

Think there are three more verses-gone off in the mist of time & old age. Great song-based on a true event.


Last verse:
And now as I lie here my body all holes,
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold.
I wish that my rifle had given the same             To those quislings who sold out the Patriot Game.