You'll Never Beat The Irish

In 1167 they came to Ireland on the make They were followed by invasions and by conquests in their wake The kings and queens of Enland made our land a battle ground They took our land by fraud defeat, by poison murder and decet. Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del do di diddly idle de Then by the 15th century they held percariously to the Pale The invaders were more Irish than the Irish that's the tale, A fat greedy king called Henry His dick was bigger than his brain Forced the Reformation Confiscations and usurpation You'll never beat the Irish No matter what you do You can put us down and keep us out But we'll come back again You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end You should have known You'll never beat the Irish Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del do di diddly idle de Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del do di diddly idle de Then the virgin Queen elizabeth brought was and turmoil to our land She decimated Munster Scorched the earth and all at hand, then James 1st and Charles the mad Brought out other greedy bands They took the land of Ulster Killed the Chieftains poinsend plundered Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del de di diddly idle do Byfraud and defective titles they cheated Connaught and the west Across the seventeenth century from war we had no rest For the curse of Cromwell plagued the land Till our towns were red with blood Then the Battle of the Boyne was fought by Williams, James and foreign hoards You'll never beat the Irish No matter what you do You put us down and keep us out But we'll come back again You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end You know you should have known You'll never beat the Irish Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del do di diddly idle de Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way Cheating stealing diddle idle de Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way Diddily i del do di diddly idle de