[00:00.000] 作曲 : Mrs. Gore
[00:16.116] What for should I sing you of Roman or Greek,
[00:19.866] Or the boys we hear tell of in story?
[00:23.785] Come match me for fighting, for frolic, or freak,
[00:27.660] An Irishman's reign in his glory;
[00:31.413] For Ajax, and Hector, and bold Agamemnon,
[00:35.375] Were up to the tricks of our trade, O,
[00:39.157] But the rollicking boys, for war, ladies and noise,
[00:43.109] The boys of the Irish Brigade, O!
[00:54.648] What for should I sing you of Helen or Troy,
[00:58.659] Or the mischief that came by her flirting?
[01:02.384] There's Biddy M'Clinchy the pride of Fermoy,
[01:06.251] Twice as much of a Helen, that's certain.
[01:10.025] Then for Venus, so famous, or Queen Cleopatra,
[01:14.194] Bad luck to the word should be said, O,
[01:17.939] By the rollicking boys, for war, ladies and noise,
[01:21.779] The Boys of the Irish Brigade, O!
[01:56.730] What for should I sing you of classical fun,
[02:00.465] Or of games, whether Grecian or Persian?
[02:04.332] Sure the Curragh's the place where the knowing one's done,
[02:08.290] And Mallow that flogs for diversion.
[02:11.927] For fighting, for drinking, for ladies and all,
[02:15.973] No time like our times e'er was made, O,
[02:19.658] By the rollicking boys, for war, ladies and noise,
[02:23.715] The boys of the Irish Brigade, O!
[02:35.224] By the rollicking boys, for war, ladies and noise,
[02:40.405] The boys of the Irish Brigade, O!