Dropkick Murphys The Fighting 69th Lyrics

The 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

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