We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No еще our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot или the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe или weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering...