Ireanthem

The National Anthem
of Ireland

The Soldier's Song

We'll sing a song, With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazilng fires we throng,
The stary heavens o'er us; Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light, Here in the silence
of the night, We'll chant a soldier's song.

CHORUS
Soldiers are we whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free, No more out ancient sire land
Shall harbour the despot or the slave.
Tonight we wnter the Bearna Baol,
In Ireland's cause come woe or weal,
Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant the soldiers song.

   In valley green, on towering crag, Our fathers fought before us,
       And conquered 'neath the same old flag That's proudly floating o'er us
        We're children of a fighting race, That never yet has known disgrace,
     And as we march, the foe to face, We'll chant a soldier's song.

CHORUS
Soldiers are we whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free, No more out ancient sire land
Shall harbour the despot or the slave.
Tonight we wnter the Bearna Baol,
In Ireland's cause come woe or weal,
Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant the soldiers song.

Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale! The long watched day
is breaking; The serried ranks of Inisfail Shall set the
Tyrant quaking. Our camp fires now are burning low;
See in the east a silv'ry glow,
Out yonder waitws the Saxon foe, So chant a soldier's song.

written in 1907 by Peadar Kearney
uncle of Brendan Behan.
Not widely known or use until
it was sung both at the GPO during
the Easter Rising of 1916.
and later at various camps where republicans
were interned.

This replaced God Save Ireland.