The Irish Sixty-ninth

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Verse 1
To EErin's Sons Of Hill And Plain, Come Listen To My DFeeble Strain
PerEhaps You'll Think It But A Dream, Though EEvery DLine Is ETrue
I'll ESing You DOf Our ALong ECampaign, Through DSummer's Sun And AWinter's DRain
To ERichmond's Gates And Back Again, I DWill Relate To EYou

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It EWas In August Sixty-One, That Colonel Owen DTook Command
And EBrought Us Into Maryland, Then ELet It DRain Or EShine;
He EDrilled Us DEvery ADay We ERose, To DLearn Us How To AThresh Our DFoes
And EOften Have They Felt The Blows Of The DGallant Sixty-ENinth

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In EFebruary Sixty-Two, When Passing In A DGrand Review
We Were ETold Our Foes We Should Pursue, And ERichmond DOverEthrow
To EWashingDton We AWent StraightEway, And DSailed In Steamers ADown The DBay
UnEtil That We Were Stopped Next Day, To DLand At Fort MonEroe

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At EHampton Then We Camp'd Around, Until Brave Little DMac Came Down
And EOrdered Us Up To Yorktown, Our EStrength There DTo ComEbine;
Where TEhere We DWork'd Both ANight And EDay, And DDrove The Rebel AHordes ADway
And EWalking Through The Town Next Day, Was The DIrish Sixty-ENinth

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From EYorktown Then We Sailed Away, And Landed At West DPoint Next Day
And EGaily Marched Along The Way, And ECamped ADmong The EPines
And EThere We DStopped Three AWeeks Or EMore, UnDtil We Heard The ACannons DRoar
And EMusketry Came Like A Shower, DAlong The Rebel ELines

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Then EDouble Quick Away We Went, Across The River DWe Were Sent
To EDrive The Rebels Back We Meant, No EMan Fell DOut Of ELine
There EPhilaDdelphia's AAdopted ESons, BraveDly Supported ARickett's DGuns
And EWhen Away The Rebels Run, Cheers The DGallant Sixty-ENinth

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Verse 7
At EFair Oaks Then Long Weeks We Lay, And Picket Fighting DNight And Day
I Have ESeen Our Brave Boys Borne Away, And ESome In DDeath Grow EPale
And EIn The DSeven Days AFight Going EBack, On DBloody Fields We ALeft Our DTrack
When EOther Regiments Falling Back, We DStood As At GlenEdale

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Where EHorse And Foot Retreat That Day, All Bleeding From That DDreadful Fray
Right EManfully We Fought Our Way, In EOne UnDbroken ELine
And EWhen Our DBullets AAll Were ESpent, Three DCheers We For The AUnion DSent
And ECharging At The Grey Coats Went, The DIrish Sixty-ENinth

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Verse 9
And EOn Antietam Field Again, We Boldly Faced The DIron Rain
Some EOf Our Boys Upon The Plain, They EFound A DBloody EGrave
Where EOur Brave DGeneral, ALittle EMac, Made DBoasting Lee To AClear The DTrack
And ETake His Ragged Rebels Back, ADcross Potomac's EWave

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Verse 10
At EFredericksburg Our Old Brigade, With Owen, Who Never DWas Afraid
As ESoon As The Pontoon Was Laid, We ECrossed In DThe First ELine
And EThough The DBullets AFlew AEround, We DDrove The Grey Coats AFrom The DTown
Such EWork Is Always Done Up Brown, By The DIrish Sixty-ENinth

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Verse 11
Next EDay Upon The Battle Field, Old Veterans They Were DForced To Yield
For The ERebels Had A Stonewall Shield, ProEtected DFront And ERear
The ECannons DBlazing SAhot And EShell, It Was DLike The Gaping AJaws Of DHell
Where EMany A Brave Man Round Us Fell, We DBoldly Done Our EShare

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Verse 12
O'Ekane, Our Colonel, Nobly Stood, Where The Grass Was Turning DRed With Blood
And EGrowing To A Crimson Flood, We EStill Kept DIn Our ELine
Though EMany DGot A ABloody EShroud, As DPhiladelphia's SAons We're DProud
And ESing The Deeds In Praises Loud, Of The DGallant Sixty-ENinth

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