Pearse wrote Oro Se Do Bheathe Abhaile but it was inpired by the following old Jcaobite Ulster song " Searlas Og" Young Charles

A Shearlas Oig a mhic Ri Sheamais
Se mo chreach do thraill ar Eirinn
Gan ruainne broig, stoca no leine
Ach a ciscairt leis ns Francaigh

Chorus - Curfa
Oro se do Bheatha 'un a bhaile
Oro as cionn a'n duine eile
Oro 'se do bhetha 'un a bhaile
Ta tu amuigh le raithe

O 'se mo lean gear nach bheicim
Mura mbeinn beo 'na dhaidh ach seachtain
Searlas Og agus mile gaisiopch
A' coscairt leis na Francaigh

Chorus

Ta Searlas Og a 'triall thar saile
Beidh said leisean cupla garda
Beidh siad leis Francaigh agus Spainnigh
'S bainfidh siad rinc' as na Gaillibh


Young Charles son of King James
It is my sorrow your coming here
Without a stitch of a shoe, sock or shirt
But you struggling with the French

Chorus

Oro you're welcome home
You;re welcome above all others
Oro you're welcome home
You've been away for a seasonMy bitter grief that I'm not seeing
If I only lived for a week
Young Charles and a thousand warriors
Struggling with the French

Chorus

Young Charles coming over the water
Some troops will be with him
The French and Spanish will be with him
And they will rout the English

p.s.p Strugggling with the French in verse s 1 and 2 probably means striving to get their support.?