The Irish Sixty-ninth

Intro
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To CErin's Sons Of Hill And Plain, Come Listen To My A#Feeble Strain
PerChaps You'll Think It But A Dream, Though CEvery A#Line Is TCrue
I'll CSing You A#Of Our LFong CCampaign, Through SA#ummer's Sun And WiFnter's RaA#in
To CRichmond's Gates And Back Again, I A#Will Relate To YCou

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It CWas In August Sixty-One, That Colonel Owen A#Took Command
And CBrought Us Into Maryland, Then CLet It A#Rain Or SChine;
He CDrilled Us A#Every DFay We RCose, To LA#earn Us How To ThFresh Our FoA#es
And COften Have They Felt The Blows Of The A#Gallant Sixty-NCinth

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In CFebruary Sixty-Two, When Passing In A A#Grand Review
We Were CTold Our Foes We Should Pursue, And CRichmond A#OvertChrow
To CWashingA#ton We WFent StraightwCay, And SA#ailed In Steamers DoFwn The BaA#y
UnCtil That We Were Stopped Next Day, To A#Land At Fort MonrCoe

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At CHampton Then We Camp'd Around, Until Brave Little A#Mac Came Down
And COrdered Us Up To Yorktown, Our CStrength There A#To CombCine;
Where TChere We A#Work'd Both NFight And DCay, And DA#rove The Rebel HoFrdes AwaA#y
And CWalking Through The Town Next Day, Was The A#Irish Sixty-NCinth

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From CYorktown Then We Sailed Away, And Landed At West A#Point Next Day
And CGaily Marched Along The Way, And CCamped AA#mong The PCines
And CThere We A#Stopped Three WFeeks Or MCore, UntA#il We Heard The CaFnnons RoA#ar
And CMusketry Came Like A Shower, A#Along The Rebel LCines

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Then CDouble Quick Away We Went, Across The River A#We Were Sent
To CDrive The Rebels Back We Meant, No CMan Fell A#Out Of LCine
There CPhilaA#delphia's AdFopted SCons, BravelA#y Supported RiFckett's GuA#ns
And CWhen Away The Rebels Run, Cheers The A#Gallant Sixty-NCinth

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At CFair Oaks Then Long Weeks We Lay, And Picket Fighting A#Night And Day
I Have CSeen Our Brave Boys Borne Away, And CSome In A#Death Grow PCale
And CIn The A#Seven Days FFight Going BCack, On BA#loody Fields We LeFft Our TrA#ack
When COther Regiments Falling Back, We A#Stood As At GlendCale

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Where CHorse And Foot Retreat That Day, All Bleeding From That A#Dreadful Fray
Right CManfully We Fought Our Way, In COne UnA#broken LCine
And CWhen Our A#Bullets AFll Were SCpent, Three CA#heers We For The UnFion SeA#nt
And CCharging At The Grey Coats Went, The A#Irish Sixty-NCinth

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And COn Antietam Field Again, We Boldly Faced The A#Iron Rain
Some COf Our Boys Upon The Plain, They CFound A A#Bloody GCrave
Where COur Brave A#General, LFittle MCac, Made BA#oasting Lee To ClFear The TrA#ack
And CTake His Ragged Rebels Back, AA#cross Potomac's WCave

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At CFredericksburg Our Old Brigade, With Owen, Who Never A#Was Afraid
As CSoon As The Pontoon Was Laid, We CCrossed In A#The First LCine
And CThough The A#Bullets FFlew ArCound, We DA#rove The Grey Coats FrFom The ToA#wn
Such CWork Is Always Done Up Brown, By The A#Irish Sixty-NCinth

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Next CDay Upon The Battle Field, Old Veterans They Were A#Forced To Yield
For The CRebels Had A Stonewall Shield, ProCtected A#Front And RCear
The CCannons A#Blazing ShFot And SChell, It Was LA#ike The Gaping JaFws Of HeA#ll
Where CMany A Brave Man Round Us Fell, We A#Boldly Done Our SChare

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Verse 12
O'Ckane, Our Colonel, Nobly Stood, Where The Grass Was Turning A#Red With Blood
And CGrowing To A Crimson Flood, We CStill Kept A#In Our LCine
Though CMany A#Got A BFloody SChroud, As PA#hiladelphia's SonFs We're PrA#oud
And CSing The Deeds In Praises Loud, Of The A#Gallant Sixty-NCinth

Outro
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