作曲 : Anonymous Unknown
 'Twas the night before battle and gathered in groups
 The soldiers lay close at their quarters
 They were thinking no doubt of the dear ones at home
 Of mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters
 With his pipe in his mouth sat a dashing young blade
 And a song he was lilting quite gaily
 It was honest Pat Murphy of Meagher's Brigade
 And he sang of the sprig of shillelagh
 Och murder, says Pat, it's a shame for to see
 Brothers fighting in such a queer manner
 But I'll fight till I die, if I shouldn't be kilt
 For America's bright starry banner
 Now if it was only John Bull to the forе
 I'd rush into battle quite gaily
 For the spalpeen I'd rap with a hеart and a half
 With my elegant sprig of shillelagh
 Jeff Davis, you thief, if I had you but here
 Your beautiful plans I'd be ruinin'
 Faith, I'd give you a taste of my bayonet, bedad
 For trying to burst up the Union
 There's a crowd in the North too, and they're just as bad
 Abolitionist spouters so scaly
 For troubling the Negros I think they deserve
 A whack from a sprig of shillelagh
 The morning soon came and poor Paddy awoke
 On the Rebels to have satisfaction
 And the drummers were beating the Devil's tattoo
 Calling the boys into action
 Then the Irish Brigade in the battle was seen
 Their blood in our cause shedding freely
 With their bayonet charges they rushed on the foe
 With a shout for the land of Shillelagh
 The battle was over, the dead lay in heaps
 Pat Murphy lay bleedin' and gory
 A hole through his head from a rifleman's shot
 Had finished his passion for glory
 No more in the camp shall his laughter be heard
 Nor his voice singing ditties so gaily
 Like a hero he died for the Land of the Free
 Far away from the land of Shillelagh
 Then surely Columbia can never forget
 While valor and fame hold communion
 How nobly the brave Irish Volunteers fought
 In defense of the flag of our Union
 If ever Old Ireland for freedom should strike
 We'll a helping hand offer quite freely
 And the Stars and the Stripes shall be seen alongside
 Of the flag of the land of Shillelagh
 It was honest Pat Murphy of Meagher's Brigade
 And he sang of the sprig of shillelagh