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Lift, McCahir Og, your face |
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Still brooding over the old disgrace? |
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That Black Fitzwilliam stormed your place |
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Drove you to the Fern |
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Gray said victory was sure |
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And soon the Firebrand he'd secure |
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Until he met at Glenmalure |
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With Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne |
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Curse and swear, Lord Kildare |
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Fiach will do, what Fiach will dare |
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Now Fitzwilliam have a care |
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Fallen is your star low |
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Up with halberd, out with sword |
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On we'll go for by the lord |
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Fiach MacHugh has given the word |
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Follow me up to Carlow |
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See the swords of Glen Imayle |
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They're flashing over the English pale |
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See all the children of the Gael |
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Beneath O'Byrne's banners |
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Roosters of the fighting stock |
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Would you let a Saxon cock |
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Crow out upon, an Irish rock? |
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Fly up and teach him manners |
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Curse and swear, Lord Kildare |
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Fiach will do, what Fiach will dare |
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Now Fitzwilliam have a care |
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Fallen is your star low |
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Up with halberd, out with sword |
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On we'll go for by the lord |
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Fiach MacHugh has given the word |
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Follow me up to Carlow |
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From Tassagart to Clonmore |
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There flows a stream of Saxon gore |
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O great is Rory Og Omore |
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At sending the loons to Hades |
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White is sick, Grey is fled |
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And now for Black Fitzwilliams head |
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We'll send it over dripping red |
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To Queen Liza and her ladies |
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Curse and swear, Lord Kildare |
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Fiach will do, what Fiach will dare |
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Now Fitzwilliam have a care |
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Fallen is your star low |
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Up with halberd, out with sword |
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On we'll go for by the lord |
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Fiach MacHugh has given the word |
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Follow me up to Carlow |