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Thread #149174   Message #3469903
Posted By: Rog Peek
22-Jan-13 - 09:03 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Boys of The County Cork - lyric query
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BOYS OF THE COUNTY CORK
No, I think those start with "Well, you've read in history's pages the heroes of great fame... and are posted elsewhere on Mudcat.

The lyrics Ron sings are these:

Raise the brave battalions who fought the Black and Tans,
From the Liffey, Nore and Shannon, from the Lagan shore and Ban,
All honour to those heroes who for duty did report,
But the best of all our soldiers were the boys of the county Cork.

chorus
Some o' them came from Dublin, some o' them came from Clare
Some o' them came from Antrim, from Wicklow and Kildare,
Some they them came from London, from Glasgow and New York,
But the boys who beat the Black and Tans were the boys of the County Cork.

Rifles and revolvers were all that we possessed,
A stick or two of gelignite for arms we were hard pressed,
Yet we used them gamely and stalled the 'Tans so dark,
And none had so much bravery as the boys of the County Cork.

Chorus x2

Rog