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Bold Robert Emmet lyrics

Bold Robert Emmet
The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,
 Old Ireland s surrounded with sadness and gloom,
We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated,
 And I, Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom.
Hung, drawn and quartered, sure that was my sentence,
 But soon I will show them no coward am I.
My crime is the love of the land I was born in,
 A hero I lived and a hero I ll die.
chorus:   Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Ireland,
          Bold Robert Emmet will die with a smile,
          Farewell companions both loyal and daring,
          I ll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle.
The barque lay at anchor awaiting to bring me
 Over the billows to the land of the free;
But I must see my sweetheart for I know she will cheer me,
And with her I will sail far over the sea.
But I was arrested and cast into prison,
Tried as a traitor, a rebel, a spy;
But no man can call me a knave or a coward,
A hero I lived and a hero I ll die.
chorus:
Hark! I the bell s tolling, I well know its meaning,
My poor heart tells me it is my death knell;
In come the clergy, the warder is leading,
I have no friends here to bid me farewell.
Goodbye, old Ireland, my parents and sweetheart,
Companions in arms to forget you must try;
I am proud of the honour, it was only my duty-
A hero I lived and a hero I ll die.
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From Irish Songs of Resistance, Galvin
Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys
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