Fighting 69th Lyrics

Fighting 69th lyrics

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 chorus: 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 amerikay chorus: 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 chorus: