The Irish Sixty-ninth

Intro
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Verse 1
To GErin's Sons Of Hill And Plain, Come Listen To My FFeeble Strain
PerGhaps You'll Think It But A Dream, Though GEvery FLine Is GTrue
I'll GSing You FOf Our CLong GCampaign, Through FSummer's Sun And CWinter's FRain
To GRichmond's Gates And Back Again, I FWill Relate To GYou

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Verse 2
It GWas In August Sixty-One, That Colonel Owen FTook Command
And GBrought Us Into Maryland, Then GLet It FRain Or GShine;
He GDrilled Us FEvery CDay We GRose, To FLearn Us How To CThresh Our FFoes
And GOften Have They Felt The Blows Of The FGallant Sixty-GNinth

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Verse 3
In GFebruary Sixty-Two, When Passing In A FGrand Review
We Were GTold Our Foes We Should Pursue, And GRichmond FOverGthrow
To GWashingFton We CWent StraightGway, And FSailed In Steamers CDown The FBay
UnGtil That We Were Stopped Next Day, To FLand At Fort MonGroe

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Verse 4
At GHampton Then We Camp'd Around, Until Brave Little FMac Came Down
And GOrdered Us Up To Yorktown, Our GStrength There FTo ComGbine;
Where TGhere We FWork'd Both CNight And GDay, And FDrove The Rebel CHordes AFway
And GWalking Through The Town Next Day, Was The FIrish Sixty-GNinth

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Verse 5
From GYorktown Then We Sailed Away, And Landed At West FPoint Next Day
And GGaily Marched Along The Way, And GCamped AFmong The GPines
And GThere We FStopped Three CWeeks Or GMore, UnFtil We Heard The CCannons FRoar
And GMusketry Came Like A Shower, FAlong The Rebel GLines

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Verse 6
Then GDouble Quick Away We Went, Across The River FWe Were Sent
To GDrive The Rebels Back We Meant, No GMan Fell FOut Of GLine
There GPhilaFdelphia's ACdopted GSons, BraveFly Supported CRickett's FGuns
And GWhen Away The Rebels Run, Cheers The FGallant Sixty-GNinth

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Verse 7
At GFair Oaks Then Long Weeks We Lay, And Picket Fighting FNight And Day
I Have GSeen Our Brave Boys Borne Away, And GSome In FDeath Grow GPale
And GIn The FSeven Days CFight Going GBack, On FBloody Fields We CLeft Our FTrack
When GOther Regiments Falling Back, We FStood As At GlenGdale

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Verse 8
Where GHorse And Foot Retreat That Day, All Bleeding From That FDreadful Fray
Right GManfully We Fought Our Way, In GOne UnFbroken GLine
And GWhen Our FBullets CAll Were GSpent, Three FCheers We For The CUnion FSent
And GCharging At The Grey Coats Went, The FIrish Sixty-GNinth

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Verse 9
And GOn Antietam Field Again, We Boldly Faced The FIron Rain
Some GOf Our Boys Upon The Plain, They GFound A FBloody GGrave
Where GOur Brave FGeneral, CLittle GMac, Made FBoasting Lee To CClear The FTrack
And GTake His Ragged Rebels Back, AFcross Potomac's GWave

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Verse 10
At GFredericksburg Our Old Brigade, With Owen, Who Never FWas Afraid
As GSoon As The Pontoon Was Laid, We GCrossed In FThe First GLine
And GThough The FBullets CFlew AGround, We FDrove The Grey Coats CFrom The FTown
Such GWork Is Always Done Up Brown, By The FIrish Sixty-GNinth

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Verse 11
Next GDay Upon The Battle Field, Old Veterans They Were FForced To Yield
For The GRebels Had A Stonewall Shield, ProGtected FFront And GRear
The GCannons FBlazing SChot And GShell, It Was FLike The Gaping CJaws Of FHell
Where GMany A Brave Man Round Us Fell, We FBoldly Done Our GShare

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Verse 12
O'Gkane, Our Colonel, Nobly Stood, Where The Grass Was Turning FRed With Blood
And GGrowing To A Crimson Flood, We GStill Kept FIn Our GLine
Though GMany FGot A CBloody GShroud, As FPhiladelphia's SCons We're FProud
And GSing The Deeds In Praises Loud, Of The FGallant Sixty-GNinth

Outro
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