The Irish Sixty-ninth

Intro
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Verse 1
To AErin's Sons Of Hill And Plain, Come Listen To My GFeeble Strain
PerAhaps You'll Think It But A Dream, Though AEvery GLine Is ATrue
I'll ASing You GOf Our DLong ACampaign, Through GSummer's Sun And DWinter's GRain
To ARichmond's Gates And Back Again, I GWill Relate To AYou

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It AWas In August Sixty-One, That Colonel Owen GTook Command
And ABrought Us Into Maryland, Then ALet It GRain Or AShine;
He ADrilled Us GEvery DDay We ARose, To GLearn Us How To DThresh Our GFoes
And AOften Have They Felt The Blows Of The GGallant Sixty-ANinth

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In AFebruary Sixty-Two, When Passing In A GGrand Review
We Were ATold Our Foes We Should Pursue, And ARichmond GOverAthrow
To AWashingGton We DWent StraightAway, And GSailed In Steamers DDown The GBay
UnAtil That We Were Stopped Next Day, To GLand At Fort MonAroe

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At AHampton Then We Camp'd Around, Until Brave Little GMac Came Down
And AOrdered Us Up To Yorktown, Our AStrength There GTo ComAbine;
Where TAhere We GWork'd Both DNight And ADay, And GDrove The Rebel DHordes AGway
And AWalking Through The Town Next Day, Was The GIrish Sixty-ANinth

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From AYorktown Then We Sailed Away, And Landed At West GPoint Next Day
And AGaily Marched Along The Way, And ACamped AGmong The APines
And AThere We GStopped Three DWeeks Or AMore, UnGtil We Heard The DCannons GRoar
And AMusketry Came Like A Shower, GAlong The Rebel ALines

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Then ADouble Quick Away We Went, Across The River GWe Were Sent
To ADrive The Rebels Back We Meant, No AMan Fell GOut Of ALine
There APhilaGdelphia's ADdopted ASons, BraveGly Supported DRickett's GGuns
And AWhen Away The Rebels Run, Cheers The GGallant Sixty-ANinth

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Verse 7
At AFair Oaks Then Long Weeks We Lay, And Picket Fighting GNight And Day
I Have ASeen Our Brave Boys Borne Away, And ASome In GDeath Grow APale
And AIn The GSeven Days DFight Going ABack, On GBloody Fields We DLeft Our GTrack
When AOther Regiments Falling Back, We GStood As At GlenAdale

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Verse 8
Where AHorse And Foot Retreat That Day, All Bleeding From That GDreadful Fray
Right AManfully We Fought Our Way, In AOne UnGbroken ALine
And AWhen Our GBullets DAll Were ASpent, Three GCheers We For The DUnion GSent
And ACharging At The Grey Coats Went, The GIrish Sixty-ANinth

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Verse 9
And AOn Antietam Field Again, We Boldly Faced The GIron Rain
Some AOf Our Boys Upon The Plain, They AFound A GBloody AGrave
Where AOur Brave GGeneral, DLittle AMac, Made GBoasting Lee To DClear The GTrack
And ATake His Ragged Rebels Back, AGcross Potomac's AWave

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Verse 10
At AFredericksburg Our Old Brigade, With Owen, Who Never GWas Afraid
As ASoon As The Pontoon Was Laid, We ACrossed In GThe First ALine
And AThough The GBullets DFlew AAround, We GDrove The Grey Coats DFrom The GTown
Such AWork Is Always Done Up Brown, By The GIrish Sixty-ANinth

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Next ADay Upon The Battle Field, Old Veterans They Were GForced To Yield
For The ARebels Had A Stonewall Shield, ProAtected GFront And ARear
The ACannons GBlazing SDhot And AShell, It Was GLike The Gaping DJaws Of GHell
Where AMany A Brave Man Round Us Fell, We GBoldly Done Our AShare

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Verse 12
O'Akane, Our Colonel, Nobly Stood, Where The Grass Was Turning GRed With Blood
And AGrowing To A Crimson Flood, We AStill Kept GIn Our ALine
Though AMany GGot A DBloody AShroud, As GPhiladelphia's SDons We're GProud
And ASing The Deeds In Praises Loud, Of The GGallant Sixty-ANinth

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