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Thread #52142 Message #798724
Posted By: Big Tim
08-Oct-02 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Men of the West
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SOLDIERS OF CUMANN NA MBAN
Yes Maire-Aine it worked! Thanks cos these are interesting lyrics, quite different from the ones I have, given by Brian O'Higgins himself.
All honour to Oglaigh na hEireann! All praise to the men of our race, Who in days of betrayal and slavery, Saved Ireland from ruin and disgrace, But do not forget in your praising, Of them and the deeds they have done, Their loyal and true hearted comrades, The soldiers of Cumann na mBan
CHORUS: They stand for the honour of Ireland, As their sisters in days that are gone, And they'll march with their brothers to freedom, The soldiers of Cumann na mBan
No great-hearted daughter of Ireland, Who died for her sake long ago, Who stood in the red gap of danger, Defying the Sasanach foe, Was ever more valiant or worthy, Of glory in high-sounding rann[verse?], Than the comrades of Oglaigh na hEireann, The soldiers of Cumann na mBan
O, high beats the heart of our Mother, The day she has longed for is nigh, When the sunlight of joy and of freedom, Shall glow in the eastern sky, And none shall be honoured more proudly, That morning by chieftain and clann, Than the daughters who served her in danger, The soldiers of Cumann na mBan.