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This song I will sing of a brave young Irishman,
In the struggle for freedom to free Ireland,
He joined the IRA and became a volunteer,
To his comrades in arms he never showed fear.

Volunteer Gerard Casey, freedom fighter to all,
To the plight of his country he answered to the call,
And while on active service, he never asked, "Why?",
Oh, our brave volunteer was not afraid to die.

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This man from North Antrim, oh, I'm sure you all heard tales,
Gerard Casey's his name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
Oh, he fought for his country and he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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In his younger days he lived life to the full,
Playing Gaelic football things were not so dull,
Working with his father, oh, he served out his time,
To set Ireland free, to him it was no crime.

No stranger to harassment at the hands of the foe,
He was tortured and arrested to Castlerea he'd go,
Oh, threatened by imprisonment and death in the end,
Oh, our brave volunteer to them he would not bend.

[Chorus]
Oh, this man from North Antrim, oh, I'm sure you all heard tales,
Gerard Casey's his name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
Oh, he fought for his country and he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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Cruel British assassins in the cover of dark,
Headed for Rasharkin, onto Shamrock Park,
With their guns of terror they burst through his door,
And the cowards they went looking for the family man of four.

They found him with his wife and his baby girl in bed,
They sprayed those English bullets and left Gerard Casey dead,
The cowards they fled, oh, the sadness night,
But his wife and young family would keep on the fight.

[Chorus]
Oh, this man from North Antrim, oh, I'm sure you all heard tales,
Gerard Casey's his name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
Oh, he fought for his country and he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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His funeral at St. Mary's, dark forces of the Crown,
A large crowd defied them, as the rain lashed down,
The piper he played, oh, 'Farewell' at the grave,
In memory of Gerard, who was bravest of the brave.

A gallant volunteer from North Antrim Brigade,
In a rain swept graveyard was where he was laid,
Volunteers who've gone before him who lie in a plot,
Gerard Casey and their names will never be forgotten.

[Chorus]
Oh, this man from North Antrim, oh, I'm sure you all heard tales,
Gerard Casey's his name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
Oh, he fought for his country and he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

[Chorus]
Oh, this man from North Antrim, oh, I'm sure you all heard tales,
Gerard Casey's his name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
Oh, he fought for his country and he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.