The Irish Sixty-ninth

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Verse 1
To DErin's Sons Of Hill And Plain, Come Listen To My CFeeble Strain
PerDhaps You'll Think It But A Dream, Though DEvery CLine Is DTrue
I'll DSing You COf Our GLong DCampaign, Through CSummer's Sun And GWinter's CRain
To DRichmond's Gates And Back Again, I CWill Relate To DYou

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Verse 2
It DWas In August Sixty-One, That Colonel Owen CTook Command
And DBrought Us Into Maryland, Then DLet It CRain Or DShine;
He DDrilled Us CEvery GDay We DRose, To CLearn Us How To GThresh Our CFoes
And DOften Have They Felt The Blows Of The CGallant Sixty-DNinth

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In DFebruary Sixty-Two, When Passing In A CGrand Review
We Were DTold Our Foes We Should Pursue, And DRichmond COverDthrow
To DWashingCton We GWent StraightDway, And CSailed In Steamers GDown The CBay
UnDtil That We Were Stopped Next Day, To CLand At Fort MonDroe

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Verse 4
At DHampton Then We Camp'd Around, Until Brave Little CMac Came Down
And DOrdered Us Up To Yorktown, Our DStrength There CTo ComDbine;
Where TDhere We CWork'd Both GNight And DDay, And CDrove The Rebel GHordes ACway
And DWalking Through The Town Next Day, Was The CIrish Sixty-DNinth

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Verse 5
From DYorktown Then We Sailed Away, And Landed At West CPoint Next Day
And DGaily Marched Along The Way, And DCamped ACmong The DPines
And DThere We CStopped Three GWeeks Or DMore, UnCtil We Heard The GCannons CRoar
And DMusketry Came Like A Shower, CAlong The Rebel DLines

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Verse 6
Then DDouble Quick Away We Went, Across The River CWe Were Sent
To DDrive The Rebels Back We Meant, No DMan Fell COut Of DLine
There DPhilaCdelphia's AGdopted DSons, BraveCly Supported GRickett's CGuns
And DWhen Away The Rebels Run, Cheers The CGallant Sixty-DNinth

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Verse 7
At DFair Oaks Then Long Weeks We Lay, And Picket Fighting CNight And Day
I Have DSeen Our Brave Boys Borne Away, And DSome In CDeath Grow DPale
And DIn The CSeven Days GFight Going DBack, On CBloody Fields We GLeft Our CTrack
When DOther Regiments Falling Back, We CStood As At GlenDdale

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Verse 8
Where DHorse And Foot Retreat That Day, All Bleeding From That CDreadful Fray
Right DManfully We Fought Our Way, In DOne UnCbroken DLine
And DWhen Our CBullets GAll Were DSpent, Three CCheers We For The GUnion CSent
And DCharging At The Grey Coats Went, The CIrish Sixty-DNinth

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Verse 9
And DOn Antietam Field Again, We Boldly Faced The CIron Rain
Some DOf Our Boys Upon The Plain, They DFound A CBloody DGrave
Where DOur Brave CGeneral, GLittle DMac, Made CBoasting Lee To GClear The CTrack
And DTake His Ragged Rebels Back, ACcross Potomac's DWave

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Verse 10
At DFredericksburg Our Old Brigade, With Owen, Who Never CWas Afraid
As DSoon As The Pontoon Was Laid, We DCrossed In CThe First DLine
And DThough The CBullets GFlew ADround, We CDrove The Grey Coats GFrom The CTown
Such DWork Is Always Done Up Brown, By The CIrish Sixty-DNinth

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Verse 11
Next DDay Upon The Battle Field, Old Veterans They Were CForced To Yield
For The DRebels Had A Stonewall Shield, ProDtected CFront And DRear
The DCannons CBlazing SGhot And DShell, It Was CLike The Gaping GJaws Of CHell
Where DMany A Brave Man Round Us Fell, We CBoldly Done Our DShare

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Verse 12
O'Dkane, Our Colonel, Nobly Stood, Where The Grass Was Turning CRed With Blood
And DGrowing To A Crimson Flood, We DStill Kept CIn Our DLine
Though DMany CGot A GBloody DShroud, As CPhiladelphia's SGons We're CProud
And DSing The Deeds In Praises Loud, Of The CGallant Sixty-DNinth

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