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Thread #54596   Message #846500
Posted By: Big Tim
13-Dec-02 - 03:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Militant Irish song? / Merry Ploughboy
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Militant Irish song?
As sung in these parts, the verse from "Off to Dublin" or "Green in the Green" is,

I've always hated slavery,
Since the day that I was born,
So I'm off to join the IRA,
And I'm off tomorrow morn,
So we're off to Dublin with the green in the green,
Our helmets glistening in the sun,
And the bayonets flashed and the rifles crashed,
To the echo of a Thompson gun.