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O come tell me Sean O'Farrell |
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"Tell me why you hurry so? |
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Hush ma bouchal, hush and listen" |
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And his cheeks were all aglow |
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I bear orders from the Captain |
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"Get you ready, quick and soon |
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For the pikes must be together |
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By the rising of the moon" |
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"O come tell me Sean O'Farrell |
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Where the gath'rin is to be? |
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At the old spot by the river |
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Quite well-known to you and me |
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One more word for signal token |
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Whistle out the marchin' tune |
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With your pike upon your shoulder |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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With your pike upon your shoulder |
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By the rising of the moon" |
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Out from many a mud wall cabin |
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Eyes were watching through the night |
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Many a manly heart was beating |
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For the blessed morning light |
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Murmurs rang along the valleys |
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To the banshee's lonely croon |
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And a thousand pikes were flashing |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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And a thousand pikes were flashing |
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By the rising of the moon |
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All along that singing river |
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That black mass of men were seen |
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High above their shining weapons |
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To their own beloved green |
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"Death to every foe and traitor! |
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Whistle out the marching tune |
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And hurrah my boy for freedom |
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At the rising of the moon" |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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For the pikes must be together |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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With your pike upon your shoulder |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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And a thousand pikes were flashing |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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By the rising of the moon |
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For the pikes must be together |
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By the rising of the moon |
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At the rising of the moon |
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At the rising of the moon |
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And hurrah my boy for freedom |
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At the rising of the moon. |