Brave Irish Men
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In nineteen hundred and forty four
AM EM G F
As
the enemy stood not far from our door
AM C G
Some brave Irish men saw the work to be done
AM EM G AM
So
they put on their pack, their tin hat and gun
Tired of standing here guarding the bog
They slipped
quietly away in the cold winter fog
Nearly five thousand would follow their light
To the green fields of France, for
justice and right
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F G C
Heroes, heroes, one and all
AM F G C
Those
brave men who answered the call
F G C
Few would return and many would fall
AM G AM
True
Irish heroes, one and all
In nineteen hundred and forty four
As the blood turned the sand to red on the shore
When
the beaches of Normandy shook in the tide
They all marched together, they marched side by side
In a foreign
army they took up a stand
To banish fascism and free the homeland
Fought many a battle, won medals with pride
That
when returning home they would be forced to hide
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No hero’s welcome, shunned and abused
De
Valera had said it, these men we can’t use
No state employment, no government funds
The “starvation order
it runs and it runs
Dismissed from the army, they were made to pay
For seventy years and right up to today
Now
the pardon has come much too late, it`s insane
By a man who`s not fit no whisper their name
Chorus
In
nineteen hundred and forty four
As the enemy stood not far from our door
Some brave Irish men saw the work to be done
So
they put on their pack, their tin hat and gun