Paddy Goes To Holyhead - God Save Ireland

God Save Ireland

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

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

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

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

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