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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Come all ye young rebels,
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and list while I sing,
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country is a terrible thing
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It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
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And it makes you all part of
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the patriot game
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Verse 2
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My name is O'Hanlon,
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and I've just gone six teen
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My home is in Monaghan,
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and there I was weaned
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I was taught all my life cruel
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England's to blame,
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So now I am part of the pat
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riot game
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Verse 3
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It's barely two years since
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I wandered away
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With the local battalion
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of the bold IR A,
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For I read of our heroes,
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and wanted the same
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To play out my part in the patriot game
Verse 4
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This Ireland of ours has
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too long been half free
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Six counties lie under John Bull's tyranny
And most of our leaders are greatly to blame
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For shirking their part in the Patri
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Verse 5
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was shot in his chair,
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The wounds from the fighting
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all bloody and bare
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His fine body twisted,
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all battered and lame
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And they soon made me part of
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the patriot game
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Verse 6
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And now I am dying,
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my body all holes
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I think of those traitors
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who bargained in souls
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I am sorry my rifle has
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not done the same
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To those traitors who sold out
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the patriot game
Outro 1
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