THE SOLDIERS OF CUMMAN NA mBANN
All
honour to Óglaigh na hÉireann
All praisec to the men of our race
Who in days of betrayal and slavery
Saved Ireland from ruin and disgrace
But do not forget in your praising
Of them and the deeds they have done
Their loyal and true-hearted comrades
The soldiers of Cumman na mBann
They
stand for the honour of Ireland
As their sisters in days that have gone
They march with their comrades to freedom
The soldiers of Cumman na mBann
No
brave-hearted daughter of Ireland
Who died for her sake long ago
Who stood in the Gap of Danger
Defying assassin and foe
Was ever more valiant or worthy
Of glory and high sounding rann
Than the comrades of Óglaigh na hÉireann
The soldiers of Cumman na mBann
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High
beats the heart of our mother
The day she has longed for is nigh
When the sunlight of joy and of freedom
Shall glow in the eastern sky
And none shall be honoured more proudly
That morning by chieftan and clan
Than the comrades of Óglaigh na hÉireann
The soldiers of Cumman na mBann
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