[Verse]
Well high upon the gallows tree, swung the noble hearted three,
By the vengeful tyrant, stricken in their bloom,
For they met him face to face with the courage of their race,
And they went with souls undaunted to their doom.

[Chorus]
"And God save Ireland" said the hero,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or a battlefield we die,
Oh, it matter whens, for Ireland here we fall.

[Bridge]
The I, the I, the IRA.

[Chorus]
"And God save Ireland" said the hero,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or a battlefield we die,
Oh, it matter whens, for Ireland here we fall.

[Verse]
Never till the latest day will their memories pass away,
Of the gallant lives thus given for our land,
But on the cause must go, midst the joy, the weal or woe,
Till we make our isle a nation free and grand.

[Chorus]
"And God save Ireland" said the hero,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or a battlefield we die,
Oh, it matter whens, for Ireland here we fall.

[Chorus]
"And God save Ireland" said the hero,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or a battlefield we die,
Oh, it matter whens, for Ireland here we fall,
Oh, it matter when, for Ireland here we fall.