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Rifles Of The I.R.A - Unknown

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[00:21.873]In nineteen hundred and sixteen [00:26....
[00:21.873]In nineteen hundred and sixteen
[00:26.108]The forces of the crown
[00:30.117]For to capture orange, white and green
[00:33.826]Bombarded Dublin town.
[00:38.067]But in twenty-one, Britannia's huns
[00:41.797]Began to earn their pay
[00:45.447]When the black and tans
[00:48.365]Like lightning ran
[00:49.965]From the rifles of the I.R.A.
[00:54.208]They burned their way through Munster
[00:57.920]Laid Leinster on the rack,
[01:02.175]Through Connacht and through Ulster
[01:05.902]Marched the men in brown and black,
[01:10.147]Where they cut down wives and children
[01:13.869]In their own heroic way,
[01:17.584]Then the black and tans
[01:20.238]Like lightning ran
[01:22.102]From the rifles of the I.R.A.
[01:26.097]They hanged young Kevin Barry high
[01:30.066]A lad of eighteen years
[01:34.059]Cork city's flames lit up the sky,
[01:37.770]But our brave boys knew no fear,
[01:42.037]For the Cork Brigade with hand grenades
[01:45.734]In ambush waiting lay
[01:49.459]Then the black and tans
[01:52.117]Like lightning ran
[01:53.647]From the rifles of the I.R.A.
[01:57.916]Now, the tans were taken out and shot
[02:01.886]By a brave and fearless crew
[02:05.860]Seán Treacey, Dinny Lacey
[02:09.851]And Tom Barry's vehemous crew.
[02:14.103]Well we're not free yet,
[02:15.962]But we won't forget until our dying day
[02:21.536]How the black and tans
[02:24.207]Like lightning ran
[02:26.330]From the rifles of the I.R.A.
[02:30.069]No, we're not free yet,
[02:32.195]But we won't forget until our dying day
[02:37.800]How the black and tans
[02:40.455]Like lightning ran
[02:42.315]From the rifles of the I.R.A.
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