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There's an uniform that's hanging in what's known as father's room |
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An uniform so simple in his style |
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It has no braid of gold or silk no hat with feathered plume |
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Yet the mother has preserved it all the while |
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One day she made me try it on, a wish of mine for years |
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"In memory of your father, dear" she said |
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And when I put the Sam Browne on she was smiling with the tears |
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As she placed the broad black brimmer on my head |
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It's just a broad black brimmer with ribbons frayed and torn |
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By the careless whisk of many a mountain breeze |
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An old trench coat that's battle stained and worn |
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And breeches almost threadbare at the knees |
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A Sam Brown belt with buckle big and strong |
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A holster that's been empty many's a day |
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When men claim Ireland's freedom the one who'll choose to lead them |
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Will wear the broad black brimmer of the IRA |
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It was the uniform been worn by me father long ago |
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When he reached me mothers homestead on the run |
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It was the uniform me father wore in that little church below |
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When oul Father Mac he blessed the pair as one |
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And after truce and treaty and the parting of the ways |
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He wore it when he marched out with the rest |
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And when they bore his body down that rugged heather braes |
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They placed the broad black brimmer on his breast |
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It's just a broad black brimmer with ribbons frayed and torn |
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By the careless whisk of many a mountain breeze |
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An old trench coat that's battle stained and worn |
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And breeches almost threadbare at the knees |
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A Sam Brown belt with buckle big and strong |
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A holster that's been empty many's a day |
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When men claim Ireland's freedom the one who'll choose to lead them |
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Will wear the broad black brimmer of the IRA |