[ti:Boys of Kilmichael]
[ar:Ray McAreavey/Johnny Beggan]
[al:The Men Behind the Wire]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]Boys of Kilmichael - Declan Hunt/Ray McAreavey/Johnny Beggan
[00:03.28]While we honour in song and in story
[00:08.00]The memory of Pearse and McBride
[00:11.06]
[00:11.87]Whose names are illumined in glory
[00:15.62]By martyrs for long how since died
[00:19.48]Forget not the boys of Kilmichael
[00:23.16]Who feared not the might of the foe
[00:26.23]
[00:27.02]The day that they marched into battle
[00:30.64]They laid all the clucking Tans low
[00:34.41]So here's to the boys of Kilmichael
[00:38.10]Those brave lad so gallant and true
[00:41.40]
[00:41.94]They fought 'neath the green flag of Erin
[00:45.65]And conquered the red white and blue
[00:48.89]On the twenty eighth day of November
[00:53.22]The Tans left the town of Macroom
[00:56.63]They were seated into Crossley tenders
[01:00.65]That is bringing them straight to their doom
[01:03.75]
[01:04.38]They were all on the road to Kilmichael
[01:08.03]And never expecting to stall
[01:10.50]
[01:11.61]And there was the boys from the column
[01:15.25]Who made a clean sweep of the lots
[01:17.84]
[01:18.88]So here's to the boys of Kilmichael
[01:22.62]Those brave lad so gallant and true
[01:25.75]
[01:26.30]They fought 'neath the green flag of Erin
[01:30.00]And conquered the red white and blue
[01:33.11]
[01:33.79]The sun in the west it was sinking
[01:37.53]'Twas the eve of a cold winter's day
[01:40.86]When the Tans we were eagerly waiting
[01:44.84]Sailed into the spot where we lay
[01:47.94]
[01:48.54]And over the hill came the echo
[01:52.22]The peal of the rifles and guns
[01:55.11]
[01:55.67]And the flames from the lorries brought tidings
[01:59.55]And the boys of Kilmichael had won
[02:02.31]
[02:03.25]So here's to the boys of Kilmichael
[02:06.96]Those brave lad so gallant and true
[02:10.04]
[02:10.68]They fought 'neath the green flag of Erin
[02:14.30]And conquered the red white and blue
[02:17.47]
[02:18.15]The lorries were ours before twilight
[02:21.75]High over Dunmaway Town
[02:24.79]
[02:25.42]Our banners in triumph were waving
[02:29.02]To show that Tans had gone down
[02:32.48]So we gathered our rifles and bayonets
[02:36.42]And soon left the grin so obscure
[02:39.85]And we never drink till we halted
[02:43.62]At the far away camp of Granure
[02:47.32]So here's to the boys of Kilmichael
[02:51.02]Those brave lad so gallant and true
[02:53.97]
[02:54.62]They fought 'neath the green flag of Erin
[02:58.41]And conquered the red white and blue