The Soldiers of '22

I sing no song of the long-ago
Of the warriors staunch and bold
Who bore their spears on the Irish hills
In the golden days of old
But I raise a rann for our own dear lads
The loyal, the brave and the true
Who flung their lives in the Bearna Baoil
The soldiers of '22.

Brave Liam Lynch on the mountainside
Fell victim to the foe
And Denny Lacey for Ireland died
In the Glen of Aherlow
Niall Boyle and Quinn from the North came down
To stand with the faithful few
And we'll sing their praise in the freedom's of days ?
The heroes of '22.

Some fell in the pround r w of war
And some by the treacherous blow
Like the martyrs four in Dublin town
And their comrades at Drumboe
And a hundred more in the barracks square
And by lonely roadsides too
Without fear they died
And we speak with pride
Of the soldiers of '22.

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