Irish Soldier Laddie

'Twas a morning in July, I was walkin' through Tipperary
When I heard a battle cry from the mountains overhead
As I looked up in the sky, saw an Irish soldier laddie
He looked at me right fearlessly and said:

Chorus:
Will you stand in the band like a true Irish man?
And go and fight the forces of the crown?
Will you march with O'Neill to an Irish battlefield?
For tonight we go to free old Wexford town.

Said I to that soldier boy, won't you take me to your captain
'Twould would be my pride and joy for to march with you today
My young brother fell at Cork and my son at Enniscorthy
And to the noble captain I did say:

I will stand in the band like a true Irishman
And go and fight the forces of the crown
I will you march with O'Neill to an Irish battlefield
For tonight we go to free old Wexford town.

As we marched back from the field in the shadow of the evening
With our banners flying low to the memory of our dead
We returned unto our homes, but without my soldier laddie
Yet I never will forget those words he said:

(Chorus x2)

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