VICTORIA
(Brian Na Banban)

"The lion and the unicorn fighting for the crown",
When up spoke Irish Cheddar1 and they both came tumbling down
The second George departed too, from Stephen's Green in town,
But they're coming for you, Victoria!

CHORUS:
Victoria, they're coming for you soon,
Victoria, it may be when the moon
Is shining on December frosts or on the flowers of June
But they're coming down for you, Victoria!

A "gas main" burst in Belfast on the eve of Poppy Day,
And loyal doors, and windows too, moved rapidly away.
Came the dawn in Dublin, and the naughty - so they say-
Sent a message from the Castle to Victoria.

Georgie lost the seat he had; king Billy lost his head;
The lion lost his balance and the unicorn is fled,
And sure as you're a stumpy humpy bumpy lump of lead
They'll be coming down for you, Victoria.

Nelson's weather eye, they say, was looking out for squalls;
They're nervous in the Phoenix Park and round old Dublin's walls
But whosoever keeps his place and whosoever falls,
They've a double date with you, Victoria !!!

'Irish Cheddar' illegally manufactured explosives
George 2 statue in Stephens Green was removed explosively

Sung to marching through Georgia

Information from 1950 Wolfe Tone annual in my possession, page 132