[Verse]
Twas a morning in July, I was walking through Tipperary,
When I heard a battle cry from the mountains overhead,
I looked up to the sky, saw an Irish soldier laddie,
Who looked at me right fearlessly and said. (Oh, what did he say?)

[Chorus]
"Oh, will you stand in the band like a true Irish man?
And go and fight the forces of the Crown?
Will you march with O'Neill through an Irish battlefield?
For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town!"

[Verse]
Said I to the soldier lad, "Will you take me to your captain?
It'll be my pride and joy for to march with you today,
My young brother fell in Cork and my son in Enniscorthy!"
To the noble captain I did say.

[Chorus]
"Yes, I will stand in the band like a true Irish man,
And go and fight thе forces of the Crown,
And I will march with O'Neill through an Irish battlеfield,
For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town!"

[Verse]
As we marched back to our homes in the shadow of the evening,
With our banners flying low to the memory of the dead,
We returned unto our homes but without our soldier laddie,
But I never will forget the words he said! (Oh, what did he say?)

[Chorus]
"Oh, will you stand in the band like a true Irish man?
And go and fight the forces of the Crown?
Will you march with O'Neill through an Irish battlefield?
For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town!"

[Chorus]
"Yes, I will stand in the band like a true Irish man,
And go and fight thе forces of the Crown,
And I will march with O'Neill through an Irish battlеfield,
For tonight we're gonna free old Wexford town!".