| A volunteer in his nations struggle | |
| Another soldier in the | |
| G.P.O. The rising failed - our leaders captured | |
| The English grip would not let go | |
| But Michael would return to lead us | |
| In our fight to re-claim our lands | |
| The I.R.B. will march victorious | |
| For they shall have the upper hand | |
| He railled men from far ans wide | |
| To join the rebellion that lay ahead | |
| His murder squad was formed in earnest | |
| The secret service soon lay dead | |
| In reprisal the | |
| British army killed | |
| Innocent people watching a hurling game | |
| That day would become a turning point | |
| Irish psyche would never be the same | |
| The customs house was set on fire | |
| The I.R.B. became the | |
| I.R.A. The time was nigh to call a cease-fire | |
| July 1th would be that day | |
| De Valera, our elected president | |
| Knew a republic he would not get | |
| He sent Collins to meet the | |
| British He sent | |
| Collins to his death! | |
| The British treaty was signed by | |
| Collins A free state was all they would give | |
| A step towards independence | |
| Is better that a war we cannot win | |
| Many people did not agree with him | |
| Civil war split the country in two | |
| Michael would die from an | |
| Irish bullet | |
| He gave his best, what more could he do? |
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