SONG. THE GREEN FLAG. Tune—THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME

HIBERNIA's Sons, the Patriot band, Claim their Emancipation, Arous'd from sleep, they wish to be An INDEPENDENT NATION; United firm, like men of sense, And truly patriotic, They vow they will not pay their pence To any power despotic.

See shame fac'd mis'ry at the door, ERNE's Peasants starving; While landlords, absentees and knaves In England waste each farthing: And thus their crimes our country stain. Vile robbers and oppressors, We hope that yet a time will come To punish such transgressors.

Hibernia then will raise her head, The GREEN FLAG wide extending, Her HARP well tun'd to Liberty, Her sons their rights defending; Justice then begins her reign, Triumphant in our nation, GOOD WILL ON EARTH, AND PEACE TO MAN, Throughout the whole creation.