Song. Erin Go Brah! Tune.—savourna Deilish

Green were the fields where my forefathers dwelt, O; "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! Although our farm it was small, yet comforts we felt O. "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! At length came the day when our lease did expire, And fain would I live where before liv'd my sire; But, ah! well-a-day! I was forced to retire, "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah!

Though all taxes I paid, yet no vote could I pass, O; "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! Aggrandized no great man—and I feel it, alas! O; "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! Forced from my home; yea, from where I was born, To range the wide world—poor helpless forlorn; I look back with regret—and my heart strings are torn. "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah!

With principles pure, patriotic and firm, "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! To my country attached, and a friend to reform, "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! I supported old IRELAND—was ready to die for it; If her foes e'er prevail'd, I was well known to sigh for it; But my faith I preserved, and am now forc'd to fly for it. "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah!

In the North I see friends—too long was I blind O; "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! The cobwebs are broken, and free is my mind, O, "Erin ma vorneen! slan leat go brah! North and South here's my hand—East and West here's my heart, O; Let's ne'er be divided by any base art O, But love one another, and never more part, O. "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah!

But hark! I hear sounds, and my heart string is beating, "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah! Friendship advancing—delusion retreating. "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah! We have numbers—and numbers do constitute power; Let's WILL TO BE FREE—and we're FREE from that hour: Of HIBERNIA's Sons—yes, we'll then be the flower. "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah!

Too long have we suffer'd, and too long lamented; "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah! By courage undaunted it may be prevented. "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah! No more by oppressors let us be allrighted, But with heart, and with hand, be firmly UNITED; For by ERIN GO BRAH!—'tis thus we'll be righted! "Boie yudh ma vorneen! Erin go brah!