THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY CORK

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We'll meet the boys from Kerry; we'll meet the boys from Clare
From Dublin, Wicklow, Donnegal and the boys from old Kildare
Some came from the land beyond the sea, from Boston and New York
But the boys who beat the Black and Tans were the boys from the County Cork

You've read in the history's pages the heroes of great fame
The deeds they've done, the battles won and how they won their fame
But the boys who made the history for the Orange, White and Green
Were the boys who died in Dublin town in Nineteen Sixteen

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Praise the brave battalions who fought the Black and Tans
From Liffey, Noor and Shannon, from Lagan Suir and Bann
Our honor to those volunteers who for duty did report
Yet the best of all the soldiers were the lads of the County Cork

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Now Cork gave us McSweeny a martyr who did die
And Wicklow gave us Michael Dwyer in the days so long gone by
And Dublin gave us Padric Pearse, McBride and Cathal Brutha
And America gave us DeValera to lead old Ireland through

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Rifles and revolvers were all that we possessed
A stick or two of gelignite for arms we were hard pressed
Yet we used them gamely 'gainst all that they did sport
And none had so much bravery as the Boys of the County Cork

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