'98 Song Book by Irish Book Bureau
'98 Song Book by Irish Book Bureau
'98 Song Book by Irish Book Bureau
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The ’98 Song Book
THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD
fears to speak of NinetyzEight? Who blushes at
the name?
When cowards mock the patriot's fate who hangs his head
for shame?
He^s all a knave or half a slave who slights his country thus;
But a true man^ like you^ man^ will fill your glass with us,
W e drink the memory of the hrave^ the faithful and the few —
Some liefar off beyond the wave, some sleep in Ireland, too;
All, all are gone, but still lives on the fame of those who died;
All true men, like you, men, remember them with pride.
The dust —
of some is Irish earth among their own they rest;
And the same land that gave them birth has caught them to
her breast;
And we will pray that from their clo/y full many a race may
start
Of true men, like you, men, to act as brave a part.
They rose in dark and evil days to right their native land;
They kindled here a living blaze that nothing shall with-
stand;
Alas! that Might can vanquish Right — they fell and passed
away;
But true men, like you, men, are plenty here to-day.
—
Then Kerens their memory may it he for us a guiding light
To cheer our strife for liberty and teach us to unite /
Through good and ill^ he Ireland's still, though sad as theirs
your fate;
And true men he you, men, like those of Ninety-Eight.
John Kells Ingram.
Chorus.
Hurrah, brave hoys, we vow to stand together for our
Fatherland.
As did that hold devoted hand, the gallant men of
N inety-Eight.
Their altars and their homes they rose to guard from ruthless
tyrant foes,
Who reeled beneath the vengeful blows for freedom dealt in
Ninety-Eight.
The patriots^ blood that reddened deep the soil where fell
they in their gore.
Their memWy green and fresh shall keep within our bosoms’
inmost core.
Chorus.
Then let us here give three times three for those who fought
for liberty,
As slaves could never bend the knee the free-born men of
Ninety-Eight.
;
BOOLAVOGUE
(Traditional Air).
ArO'er
Boolavogue, as the sun was setting
the bright May meadows of Shelmalier^
A rebel hand
set the heather blazing
Andbrought the neighbours from far and near.
Then Father Murphy^ from old Kilcormack^
Spurred up the rocks with a warning cry
^^Arm ! Arm !" he cried, for Fve come to lead you,
For Ireland's freedom we fight or die,"
P. J. McCall.
buAlte 1ÍlA0t)Ó3
T)onncA*ó Ó bAGgAme -o’aiscri^.
And where will they have their camp? says the Sean-hhean
Bhocht
Where will they have their camp? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht.
On the Curragh of Kildare, the hoys they will he there
With their pikes in good repair, says the Sean-hhean Bhocht;
And Lord Edward will he there, says the Sean-hhean
Bhocht.
Then what will the Yeomen do? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht;
What will the Yeomen do? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht.
What should the Yeomen do hut throw off the red and hlue
And swear that they^ll he true to the Sean-hhean Bhocht,
And swear that they^ll he true to the Sean-hhean Bhocht.
And what colour will they wear? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht;
^What colour will they wear? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht.
What colour should he seen where our fathers^ homes have
heen
But our own immortal green? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht,
But our own immortal green? says the Sean-hhean Bhocht,
Chorus.
We are the hoys of Wexford, who fought with heart and hand
To burst in twain the galling chain and free our native land.
‘‘
1 want no gold, my maiden fair, to fly from home with
thee;
Your shining eyes will he my prize —more dear than gold
to me.
I want no gold to nerve my arm to do a true man^s part—
To free my land Vd gladly give the red drops from my heart
Chorus.
And when we left our cabins, hoys, we left with right good
will
To see our friends and neighbours that were at Vinegar Hill !
A young man from our Irish ranks a cannon he let go;
He slapt it into Lord Mount joy—a tyrant he laid low /
Chorus.
Chorus.
1 giveyou the gallant old West, boys.
Where rallied our bravest and best
When Ireland lay broken and bleeding;
Hurrah for the men of the West !
And over the hills went the slogan, to waken in every breast
The fire that has never been quenched, boys, among the true
hearts of the West.
Chorus.
Killala was ours ere the midnight, and high over Ballina
town
Our banners in triumph were waving before the next swn had
gone down.
We gathered to speed the good work, boys, the true men anear
and afar;
And history can tell how we routed the redcoats through old
Castlebar.
Chorus.
Chorus.
Chorus.
So here^s to the gallant old West, boys.
Who rallied her bravest and best
When Ireland was broken and bleeding;
Hurrah, boys! Hu/rrah for the West /
William Koonby.
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Í^1ít An lAftAlft
(ConóuOAR 1TÍA5 tli-om, -ooccum leigis, -o^AiscRig ati c-AtiiríÁr
bRíogrhAR 0*0, The Men of the West le tiAm 0 tTlAOlRúnAi*óe}
CuRpi
Seo slÁiRce ra bpeAR as ar IarCar oit!),
CuRrÁ :
CuRp-ó
Seo sliince sConn^ccAC poR^
*Oo cRuinnig le consnAiti s^n Án !
BODENSTOWN
(Aie :
“ Thei Harp That Once")
Brian na Banban.
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TONE’S GRAVE
F And
Bodenstown churchyard there is a green grave^
wildly around it the winter winds rave;
Small shelter I ween are the ruined walls there
When the storm sweeps down on the plains of Kildare.
—
Once 1 lay on that sod it lies over Wolfe Tone —
And thought how he perished in prison alone,
His friends unavenged and his country unfreed —
Oh, hitter, said, is the patriots meed.
There were students and peasants, the wise and the brave,
And an old man who knew him from cradle to grave,
And children who thought me hard-hearted ; for they
On that sanctified sod were forbidden to play.
But the oldman, who sa/w 1 was mourning there, said:
We come, to weep where young Wolfe Tone is laid.
sir,
And weWe going to raise him a monument, too —
A plain one, yet fit for the simple and true.^^
Thomas Davis.
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* Chorus.
Sing ho! for the boys of the Mountain;
And hey ! for the boys of the Glen
Who never show heel to the sojers —
Kerens slainte to Dwyer and his men !
- A SONG OF TONE
(Air: T her Irish Y olunteers.^^')
Brian na Banban.
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KELLY OF KILLANNE
‘‘
Tell me who
is that giant with the gold curling hair —
He who
rides at the head of your band?
Seven feet is his height, with some inches to spare.
And he looks like a king in command !”
*^Ah, my lads, thaV s the pride of the bold Shelmaliers,
*Mong our greatest of heroes, a Man !
Fling your beavers aloft and give three ringing cheers
For John Kelly, the Boy from Killanne
P. J. McCau..
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BY MEMORY INSPIRED
(This ^98 street ballad, to a traditional air, was sung
throughout Ireland when the English seized John Mitchel in
1848 and sent him to imprisonment and exile beyond the seas).
memory
inspired, and love of country fired.
The deeds of men 1 love to dwell upon;
And the patriotic glow of my spirit must bestow
A tribute to the heroes that are gone, boys, gone —
Here^s the memory of the heroes that are gone I
—
In October, Ninety-Seven may his soul find rest in heaven
* —
William Orr to execution was led on;
The jury, drunk, agreed that Irish was his creeds
For perjury and threats drove them on, boys, on —
Kerens the memory of the friends that are gone !
We saw a nation^ s tears shed for John and Henry Shear es.
Betrayed by Judas, Captain Armstrong
We may forgive, but yet we never can forget
The fate of Tone and Emmet that are gone, boys, gone.
Of all the fearless heroes that are gone.
‘‘
Ohthen tell me, Sedn O^Farrell, where the gathering
!
be?”
is to
“ In the old spot by the river, right well known to you
and me.
—
One word more for signal token whistle up the marching
tune,
With your pike upon your shoulder, by the rising of the
moon,”
There beside the singing river that dark mass of men was
seen.
Far above the shining weapons hung their own beloved
green.
**
Death to every foe and traitor ! Forward ! Strike the
marching tune,
And, hurrah, my boys, for freedom / His the rising of the
moon.^^
Well they fought for poor old Ireland, and full bitter was
their fate —
{Oh ! what glorious pride and sorrow fills the name of
Ninety-Fight ')
éit^je Í1A
ScniobtA AR •OCÚS SACSti)euRlA te SeÁ^An ITIac AoT)A5Án
1
Chorus.
For Tone is coming hack again with legions 6*er the wave^
The scions of Lord Clarets Brigade^ the dear old land to save,
For Tone is coming hack again with legions o^er the wave
The dear old land, the loved old land, the brave old land
to save !
Chorus,
Arthur Griffith.
(By permission of the publishers— words and
—
music 1/- ^Walton’s).
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WOLFE TONE
(Air: The Croppy Boy.^*)
‘‘
the spring,^^ they whispered, “ Lord Edward bled.
In
And the blood of hosts was in summer shed;
Death in the autumn 6*er Connacht passed.
But the loss that is sorest came last, came last.
StiAb HA mbAti
Is ot lioiYi féineAC buAlA-ó ’n lAe ú-o
T)o *óut Axi SAe’óil boóc ’s nA céA-ocA sLa*o,
TTIar cá riA tnémlig -oeAriArh ^Ame *oínn,
A’s A RÁt) nÁó Aon ni-ó leo píc tiÁ sleA§.
tlíorj cÁims Án ITlAjoR i ocúis An ÍAe cugAinn
’S ní nAbmAH péin Ann i scóm nÁ ’sceAnc,
'&c, mAR A seólt^Aí cnéA'OA *oe bA 5An ao*óra
An CAOb nA snéine *oe SliAb nA mt)An.
CARROLL BAWN
(Traditional Air).
1 saw him
cross the heather with his bold companie.
And from the rising hillside he waved his hand to me;
Then on my wild heart settled a load of woe and pain:
Mo bhrón / its throbbing told me we^d never meet again.
**
^Tis holy, a ghrádh, from the bravest and best —
Go, go from my heart and be joined with the rest,
A leanhh mo chroidhe / 0, a leanhh mo chroidhe !
Sure, a stag ' and a traitor you never will be !”
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