Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
God Save Ireland
tune:Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys are Marching
High upon the gallows tree swung the noble-hearted Three.
By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom;
But they met him face to face, with the courage of their race,
And they went with souls undaunted to their doom.
CHORUS
"God save Ireland ! " said the heroes;
"God save Ireland" said they all.
Whether on the scaffold high
Or the battlefield we die,
0, what matter when for Erin dear we fall ! "
Girt around with cruel foes, still their courage proudly rose,
For they thought of hearts that loved them for and near;
Of the millions true and brave o'er the ocean's swelling wave,
And the friends in holy Ireland ever dear. CHORUS
Climbed they up the rugged stair, rang their voices out in prayer,
Then with England's fatal cord around them cast,
Close beside the gallows tree kissed like brothers lovingly,
True to home and faith and freedom to the last. CHORUS
Never till the latest day shall the memory pass away,
Of the gallant lives thus given for our land;
But on the cause must go, amidst joy and weal and woe,
Till we make our Isle a nation free and grand. CHORUS
According to my friend John Mahoney the original was written December 1867
