The Fighting 69th - The Wolfe Tones

Come all you gallant heroes

And along with me combined

I’ll sing a song

It won’t take long

Of the Fighting Sixty Ninth

They’re a band of men brave

Stout and bold

From Ireland they came

And they have a leader to the fold

And Cocoran was his name

It was in the month of April

When the boys they sailed away

And they made a sight so glorious

As they marched along Broadway

They marched right down Broadway

Me boys

Until they reached the shore

And from there they went to Washington

And straight unto the war

So we gave them a hearty cheer

Me boys

It was greeted with a smile

Singing here’s to the boys who feared no noise

We’re the Fighting Sixty Ninth

And when the war is said and done

May heaven spare our lives

For its only then we can return

To our loved ones and our wives

We’ll take them in our arms

Me boys

For a long night and a day

And we’ll hope that war will come no more

To sweet America

So we gave them a hearty cheer

Me boys

It was greeted with a smile

Singing here’s to the boys who feared no noise

We’re the Fighting Sixty Ninth

So farewell unto you dear New York

Will I e’er see you once more

For it fills my heart with sorrow

To leave your sylvan shore

But the country now it is calling us

And we must hasten fore

So here’s to the stars and stripes

Me boys

And to Ireland’s lovely shore

And here’s to Murphy and Devine

Of honour and renown

Who did escort our heroes

Unto the battle ground

And said unto our colonel

We must fight hand to hand

Until we plant the stars and stripes

Way down in Dixieland

So we gave them a hearty cheer

Me boys

It was greeted with a smile

Singing here’s to the boys who feared no noise

We’re the Fighting Sixty Ninth