[Verse]
The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,
Old Ireland surrounded with sadness and gloom,
Oh, we were defeated and shamefully treated,
And I, Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom.

Hung, drawn and quartered, sure, that was me sentence,
Soon I will show them, no coward am I,
My crime is the love of the land I was born in,
A hero I'll lived and a hero I'll die.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, he died with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle."

[Verse]
The barque lay at anchor, awaiting to take me,
Over the billows to a land of the free,
But I must see my sweetheart, I know she will cheer me,
And with her I'll sail far over the sea.

But I was arrested and cast into prison,
Tried as a coward, a traitor, a spy,
But soon I will show them, that I am coward am I,
A hero I'll lived and a hero I'll die.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, he died with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle."

[Verse]
Hark the bell tolling I well know the meaning,
My poor heart tells me it is my death knell,
In come the clergy, the warden is leading,
I have no friends here for to bid me farewell.

So, goodbye to old Ireland, me parents and sweetheart,
Companions in arms, to forget you must try,
I am proud of the honour, tis only my duty,
A hero I'll lived and a hero I'll die.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, he died with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I'll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle.".