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'Twas a morning in July I was walking to Tipperary
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When I heard a battle cry from the mountains overhead
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As I looked up in the sky, saw an Irish soldier laddie.
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He looked at me right fearless and he said:
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Will you stand in the band like a true Irishman
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And go to fight the forces of the crown
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Will you march with O'Neill to an Irish battlefield,
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For tonight we're going to free old Wexford town
Said I to that soldier lad, would you take me to your Captain
It would be my pride and joy for to march with you today
My young brother fell at Cork and my son at Enniscorthy
To the noble Captain I did say:
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