The Irish Soldier Laddie-Brier/Cormac O'Moore

[ti:The Irish Soldier Laddie] [ar:Brier] [al:The Songs That Shake the Barley - The Ultimate Rebel Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Soldier Laddie - Brier/Cormac O'Moore [00:04.75]Twas a morning in July [00:06.71]I was walking to Tipperary [00:09.31]When I heard a battle cry [00:11.14]From the mountains over head [00:13.45]As I looked up in the sky [00:15.50]I saw an Irish soldier laddie [00:18.00]He looked at me right fearlessly and said: [00:21.69] [00:22.23]Will ye stand in the band like a true Irish man [00:26.37]And go and fight the forces of the crown [00:30.92]Will ye march with O'Neill to an Irish battle field [00:35.29]For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town [00:39.66]Well said I to that soldier boy [00:41.60]"Won't you take me to your captain [00:43.84]T'would be my pride and joy [00:46.01]For to march with you today [00:47.92] [00:48.63]My brother fell in Cork [00:50.38]My son at Innes Carthay " [00:52.94]Unto the noble captain I did say: [00:56.56] [00:57.19]Will ye stand in the band like a true Irish man [01:01.35]And go and fight the forces of the crown [01:05.83]Will ye march with O'Neill to an Irish battle field [01:10.17]For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town [01:14.44] [01:32.19]As we marched back home again [01:34.38]Will ye stand in the band like a true Irish man [01:36.48]And go and fight the forces of the crown [01:40.90]Will ye march with O'Neill to an Irish battle field [01:45.18]For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town [01:48.36] [01:49.74]As we marched back home again [01:52.18]In the shadow of the evening [01:55.64] [01:56.16]With our banners flying low [01:59.09]To the memory of our dead [02:02.52]We returned unto our homes [02:05.07] [02:05.66]But without our soldier laddie [02:08.85] [02:09.56]Yet I never will forget those words he said: [02:14.76] [02:15.72]Will ye stand in the band like a true Irish man [02:19.51]And go and fight the forces of the crown [02:24.05]Will ye march with O'Neill to an Irish battle field [02:28.30]For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town [02:31.63] [02:32.88]Will ye stand in the band like a true Irish man [02:37.05]And go and fight the forces of the crown [02:41.52]Will ye march with O'Neill to an Irish battle field [02:45.28] [02:45.88]For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town