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I'll tell to you the story of one of Ireland's bravest sons,
His name is Pepe Rooney, in St. James his life be gone,
He was born into a conflict of oppression and of shame,
So he took a stand for Ireland to break those English chains.

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So we'll sing of Pepe Rooney, from St James's by the Falls,
That fearless fighting soldier, for Ireland gave his all,
No more we'll see your smiling face, that face that we all knew,
You lived your life for freedom's fight and for Ireland's thirty-two.

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He watched his brother Daniel die, murder by the Crown,
This spurred his fight for freedom, us croppies wont lie down,
He joined Na Fianna Éireann, at sixteen years of age,
Then soon became a volunteer, in the Belfast Brigade.

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So we'll sing of Pepe Rooney, from St James's by the Falls,
That fearless fighting soldier, for Ireland gave his all,
No more we'll see your smiling face, that face that we all knew,
You lived your life for freedom's fight and for Ireland's thirty-two.

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He was proud to gave the gun salute, when they honoured Bobby Sands,
And he gave for Joe McDonnell, with his rifle in his hand,
Beaten and arrested, when that funeral was attacked,
Did his sentence in the H-Blocks and then reported back.

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So we'll sing of Pepe Rooney, from St James's by the Falls,
That fearless fighting soldier, for Ireland gave his all,
No more we'll see your smiling face, that face that we all knew,
You lived your life for freedom's fight and for Ireland's thirty-two.

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The fight for Irish freedom, led him overseas,
To England and to Europe, for Ireland's liberty,
He was over in Gibraltar, with his comrade Dan McCann,
Who was murdered with Mairéad and Seán, far from their native land.

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So we'll sing of Pepe Rooney, from St James's by the Falls,
That fearless fighting soldier, for Ireland gave his all,
No more we'll see your smiling face, that face that we all knew,
You lived your life for freedom's fight and for Ireland's thirty-two,
You lived your life for freedom's fight and for Ireland's thirty-two.