Padraic Pearse Songtext
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Padraic Pearse Songtext
In Dublin town in 1916
A flame of freedom did arise
A group of men with determination
Caught an empire by surprise
And through the streets their men were marching
They rallied with their hopes and fears
At the end the boys came marching
For their leader Padraig Pearse
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
On Easter morn he faced the nation
From the steps of the GPO
And he read aloud the proclamation
The seed of nation had to sow
But soon the word had spread to London
Of an insurrection there at hand
And the deeds of Padraig Pearse
Who set about to free his land
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
For five long days the battle rages
For five long nights the battle wore
He watched as Dublin city blazes
See his men go to the floor
Now Ireland's proud of his efforts
For her cause he fought with pride
To save our life, to save our city
We′ll make our peace, MacFearis cried
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
To Mainham jail in 1916
They brought young Pearse from his dead cell
And they had tried him as a traitor
To shoot a man who dared rebel
He only tried to free his country
Of the shackles of eight hundred years
At dawn it break on that May morning
They shot our leader Padraig Pearse
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
A flame of freedom did arise
A group of men with determination
Caught an empire by surprise
And through the streets their men were marching
They rallied with their hopes and fears
At the end the boys came marching
For their leader Padraig Pearse
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
On Easter morn he faced the nation
From the steps of the GPO
And he read aloud the proclamation
The seed of nation had to sow
But soon the word had spread to London
Of an insurrection there at hand
And the deeds of Padraig Pearse
Who set about to free his land
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
For five long days the battle rages
For five long nights the battle wore
He watched as Dublin city blazes
See his men go to the floor
Now Ireland's proud of his efforts
For her cause he fought with pride
To save our life, to save our city
We′ll make our peace, MacFearis cried
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
To Mainham jail in 1916
They brought young Pearse from his dead cell
And they had tried him as a traitor
To shoot a man who dared rebel
He only tried to free his country
Of the shackles of eight hundred years
At dawn it break on that May morning
They shot our leader Padraig Pearse
The poet and the Irish rebel
A Gaelic scholar and a visionary
We gave to him no fitting tribute
When Ireland′s at peace only that can be
When Ireland's a nation united and free
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