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[00:12.63]Come all you gallant heroes,
[00:14.46]And along with me combined
[00:17.16]I'll sing a song, it won't take long,
[00:20.25]Of the fighting sixty ninth
[00:22.90]They're a band of men brave, stout and bold,
[00:25.86]From ireland they came
[00:29.00]And they have a leader to the fold,
[00:32.30]And cocoran was his name
[00:35.46]It was in the month of april,
[00:37.68]When the boys they sailed away
[00:40.37]And they made a sight so glorious,
[00:43.42]As they marched along broadway
[00:46.42]They marched right down broadway, me boys,
[00:50.47]Until they reached the shore
[00:52.56]And from there they went to washington,
[00:55.24]And straight unto the war
[00:58.16]Chorus: so we gave them a hearty cheer, me boys,
[01:01.11]It was greeted with a smile
[01:03.86]Singing here's to the boys who feared no noise,
[01:08.18]We're the fighting sixty ninth
[01:10.76]And when the war is said and done
[01:13.75]May heaven spare our lives
[01:16.73]For its only then we can return,
[01:19.64]To our loved ones and our wives
[01:22.30]We'll take them in our arms, me boys,
[01:25.58]For a long night and a day
[01:28.64]And we'll hope that war will come no more,
[01:31.79]To sweet amerikay
[01:34.53]Chorus:
[01:58.98]So farewell unto you dear new york,
[02:01.51]Will i e'er see you once more
[02:04.16]For it fills my heart with sorrow,
[02:07.85]To leave your sylvan shore
[02:10.26]But the country now it is calling us,
[02:13.72]And we must hasten fore
[02:16.35]So here's to the stars and stripes, me boys,
[02:19.44]And to ireland's lovely shore
[02:22.22]And here's to murphy and devine,
[02:25.44]Of honour and renown
[02:28.10]Who did escort our heroes,
[02:31.11]Unto the battle ground
[02:34.01]And said unto our colonel,
[02:37.02]We must fight hand to hand
[02:39.93]Until we plant the stars and stripes,
[02:43.99]Way down in dixieland
[02:45.48]Chorus:
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