Come all you loyal heros and listen on to me Dont hire with any farmer 'till you know what your work will be You will rise up early in the morning from the clear day till the dawn And you never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
My shoes they are worn and my stockingh they are thin My heart is always trembling now for fear they might give in My heart is always trembling now from the clear daylight 'till dawn And I never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
I know that one day, I will leave this farmer’s plough, I will drop this yoke of service, for in the new regiment with the new sergeant Majors my crown, is my crown.
A curse upon you Sweeny boy, you have me nearly robbed, you’re sitting by the fireside your feet upon the hob, your sitting by the fireside from clear daylight ‘till dawn. And never more be able to Plough the Rocks of Bawn
Rise up gallant Sweeney and get your horses hay And give them a good feen of oats before they start the away Dont feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on your green land Or they never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
Rise up my gallant Sweeny, and get your horses hay, and give them a good feed of oats before they start the day. Don’t feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on yon green lawn, or they never more’ll be able to plough the Rocks of Bawn
I wish the Sergeant Major would send for me in time, and place me in some regiment while in my youth and prime, I’d fight for Ireland’s glory now, from clear daylight till dawn, before I would return again to plough the Rocks of Bawn