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Songs of the Soldiers, Arranged and Ed. by F. Moore
Songs of the Soldiers Arranged and Ed by F Moore Author:Frank Moore General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SONG OF TUE IRISH LEGION. 39 SONG OF THE IRISH LEGION. BY JAMES DE MILLE. E Pluribus Unum ! Erin go Bragh ! "VTE boys of the sod, to Columbia true, Come up, lads, and fight for the Red, White, and Blue! Two countries we love, and two mottoes we '11 share, And we'll join them in one on the banner we bear: Erin, mavourneen ! Columbia, agra! E pluribus unum ! Erin go bragh 1 Upon them, my lads! and the Rebels shall know How Erin can fight when she faces the foe ; If they can't give us arms, sure, we need n't delay; With a sprig of shillalah we '11 open the way. Erin, mavourneen ! Columbia, agra! E pluribus unum! Erin go bragh 1 "Blood-Tubs" and " Plug-Uglies," and others galore, Are sick for a thrashing in sweet Baltimore ; Be Jabers! that same I 'd be proud to inform Of the terrible force of an Irishman's arm. 40 PATRIOTIC SONG. Erin, mavourneen ! Columbia, agra! E pluribus unum ! Erin go bragh! Before you the tyrant assembles his band, And threatens to conquer this glorious land ; But it wasn't for this that we traversed the sea, And left the Green Isle for the land of the free. Erin, mavourneen ! Columbia, agra ! E pluribus unum! Erin go bragh! Go forth to the tyrant, and give him to know That an Irishman holds him his bitterest foe; And his sweetest delight is to meet him in fight, To battle for freedom, with God for the right! Erin, mavourneen ! Columbia, agra ! E pluribus unum! Erin go bragh ! PATRIOTIC SONG. Tune -- "British Grenadiers." TTP, up, ye gallant freemen ; Hear, hear, the traitors call: " We '11 plant our flag at Washington, Float...« less