Irish Folksongs Bold Robert Emmet Lyrics

Bold Robert Emmet Lyrics

The struggle is over, the boys are defeated

Old Ireland's surrounded with
sadness and gloom

We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated

And I,
Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom



Hung, drawn and quartered, sure
that was my sentence

But soon I will show them no coward am I

My
crime is the love of the land I was born in

A hero I lived and a hero
I'll die



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Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of
Ireland

Bold Robert Emmet will die with a smile

Farewell companions
both loyal and daring

I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle



The barque lay at anchor awaiting to bring me

Over the billows to the
land of the free

But I must see my sweetheart for I know she will cheer
me

And with her I will sail far over the sea



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But I was arrested and cast into prison

Tried as a traitor, a
rebel, a spy

But no man can call me a knave or a coward

A hero I
lived and a hero I'll die



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Hark! I the bell's
tolling, I well know its meaning

My poor heart tells me it is my death
knell

In come the clergy, the warder is leading

I have no friends
here to bid me farewell

Goodbye, old Ireland, my parents and
sweetheart

Companions in arms to forget you must try

I am proud of
the honour, it was only my duty

A hero I lived and a hero I'll die



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