You`ve in history`s pages the heroes of great fame The deeds they done, the battles won and how they made their name But the boys that mad the history for the orange, white and green were the boys who died in Dublin Town in nineteen sixteen
So meet the boys from Kerry and meet the boys form Clare from Dublin, Wicklow, Donegal and the boys of old Kildare Some came from a land beyond the sea from Boston and New York But the boys who beat the Black and Tans were the boys from the County Cork
Now Cork gave us Mick Sweeney a martyr for to die And Wicklow gave us Dwyer in days so long gone by And Dublin gave us Padraig Pearse McBride and Cathal Brugha And America gave us de Valera to lead old Ireland through
So meet the boys from Kerry and meet the boys form Clare from Dublin, Wicklow, Donegal and the boys of old Kildare Some came from a land beyond the sea from Boston and New York But the boys who beat the Black and Tans were the boys from the County Cork