Ira! - A Soldiers Song lyrics
rate meWe'll sing a song, a soldier's song,<br />
With cheering rousing chorus,<br />
As round our blazing fires we throng,<br />
The starry heavens o'er us;<br />
Impatient for the coming fight,<br />
And as we wait the morning's light,<br />
Here in the silence of the night,<br />
We'll chant a soldier's song. <br />
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Chorus: <br />
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Soldiers are we<br />
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;<br />
Some have come<br />
from a land beyond the wave.<br />
Sworn to be free,<br />
No more our ancient sire land<br />
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.<br />
Tonight we man the gap of danger<br />
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal<br />
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,<br />
We'll chant a soldier's song. <br />
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In valley green, on towering crag,<br />
Our fathers fought before us,<br />
And conquered 'neath the same old flag<br />
That's proudly floating o'er us.<br />
We're children of a fighting race,<br />
That never yet has known disgrace,<br />
And as we march, the foe to face,<br />
We'll chant a soldier's song. <br />
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Chorus <br />
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Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!<br />
The long watched day is breaking;<br />
The serried ranks of Inisfail<br />
Shall set the Tyrant quaking.<br />
Our camp fires now are burning low;<br />
See in the east a silv'ry glow,<br />
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe,<br />
So chant a soldier's song. <br />
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Chorus