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% W:1 W:Oh, see that fleet foot host of men, W:Who speed with faces wan From farmstead and from fisher's cot W:Along the banks of Bann. They come with vengeance in their eyes, W:Too late, too late are they As young Roddy M'Corley goes to die On the Bridge of Toome today. W: W:2 W:Oh Ireland, mother Ireland! You love them still the best W:The fearless brave that fighting fell Upon your hapless breast. W:Oh but never a one of all your dead More bravely fell in fray W:Than he who marches to his fate On the Bridge of Toome today. W: W:3 W:Up the narrow street he stepped, Smiling proud and young; W:About the hemp-rope on his neck The golden ringlets hung. W:There is never a tear in his blue eyes, Both glad and bright are they - W:As young Roddy M'Corley goes to die On the Bridge of Toome today. W: W:4 W:When he last stepped up that street His shining pike in hand, W:Behind him marched in grim array A stalwart earnest band! W:For Amtrim town! for Antrim town! He led them to the fray - W:And young Roddy M'Corley goes to die On the Bridge of Toome today. W: W:5 W:Because he loved the mother land Because he loved the green, W:He goes to meet a martyr's fate With a proud and a joyous beam. W:True to the last, true to the last He treads the upward way. W:And young Reddy M'Corley goes to die On the Bridge of Toome today. % % % % % % % % % %]

	

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