The Soldier’s Song (Irish National Anthem) --- Peadar Kearney
We’ll [G]sing
a song, a [C]soldier’s [G]song
With [C]cheering,
[G]rousing [D]chorus.
As [G]‘round
our blazing [C]fires we [G]throng,
The [D]starry
heavens o’er us.
Im-[C]patient
for the [G]coming fight,
And [D]as
we wait the morning’s light,
Here [G]in
the silence [C]of the [G]night,
We will chant a [D]soldier’s
[G]song.
[chorus] [G]Soldiers
are we, whose [C]lives are pledged to [G]Ireland
[D]Some
have [Em]come from a [D]land
beyond the [D7]waves.
[G]Sworn
to be free, no [C]more our ancient [G]sireland
Shall [D]shelter
the despot or the [D7]slave.
To-[C]night
we man the [G]bearna baoghal,
In [D]Erin’s
cause, come [D7]woe or weal.
‘Mid [G]cannons’
roar and [C]rifles’ [G]peal,
We will chant a [D]soldier’s [G]song.
In [G]valley
green or [C]towering [G]crag,
Our [C]fathers
[G]fought be-[D]fore
us.
And [G]conquered
‘neath the [C]same old [G]flag,
That’s [D]proudly
floating o’er us.
We’re [C]children
of a [G]fighting race,
That [D]never
yet has known disgrace.
And [G]as
we march, the [C]foe to [G]face,
We will chant a [D]soldier’s
[G]song.
[chorus]
Sons [G]of
the Gael! Men [C]of the [G]Pale!
The [C]long-watched
[G]day is [D]breaking.
The [G]serried
ranks of [C]Innis-[G]fail,
Shall [D]set
the tyrant quaking.
Our [C]campfires
now are [G]burning low,
See [D]in
the East a silv’ry glow.
Out [G]yonder
waits the [C]Saxon [G]foe,
So chant a [D]soldier’s
[G]song.
[chorus] [G]Soldiers
are we, whose [C]lives are pledged to [G]Ireland
[D]Some
have [Em]come from a [D]land
beyond the [D7]waves.
[G]Sworn
to be free, no [C]more our ancient [G]sireland
Shall [D]shelter
the despot or the [D7]slave.
To-[C]night
we man the [G]bearna baoghal,
In [D]Erin’s
cause, come [D7]woe or weal.
‘Mid [G]cannons’
roar and [C]rifles’ [G]peal,
We will chant a [D]soldier’s [G]song.