"Oh! Come tell me, Shawn O'Ferrall, tell me why you hurry so?" "Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen", and his cheeks were all a-glow "I bear orders from the captain, get you ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together by the risin' of the moon"
"Oh! Come tell me, Shawn O'Ferrall, where the gatherin' is to be?" "At the old spot by the river, quite well known to you and me One more word — for signal token, whistle out the marchin' tune With your pike upon your shoulder by the risin' of the moon" By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon With your pike upon your shoulder by the risin' of the moon
Out from many a mudwall cabin eyes were watching thro' the night Many a manly heart was beating for the blessed warning light Murmurs rang along the valleys to the banshee's lonely croon, And a thousand pikes were flashing by the risin' of the moon By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon And a thousand pikes were flashing by the risin' of the moon
All along that singing river that black mass of men was seen High above the shining weapons flew their own beloved green "Death to ev'ry foe and traitor! Whistle out the marchin' tune And hurrah, my boys, for freedom! at the risin' of the moon"
By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon, For the pikes must be together by the risin' of the moon
By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon With your pike upon your shoulder by the risin' of the moon
By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon And a thousand pikes were flashing by the risin' of the moon
By the risin' of the moon, by the risin' of the moon, For the pikes must be together by the risin' of the moon
At the risin' of the moon, at the risin' of the moon And hurrah my boys for freedom! at is the risin' of the moon