[Verse]
In comes the captain's daughter, the captain of the Yeos,
Saying, "Brave United Irishmen, we'll ne'er again be foes,
A thousand pounds I'll bring if you would fly from home with me,
I'll dress myself in man's attire and fight for liberty."
[Chorus]
For we are the boys of Wexford,
Who fought with hearts and hands,
To burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.
[Verse]
"Oh well, I want no gold, my maiden fair to fly from home with thee,
Your shining eyes will be my prize, more dear than gold to me,
Oh well, I want no gold to nerve my arm, to do a true man's part,
To freely my land I'll gladly give thе red drops of my heart."
[Chorus]
For we are the boys of Wexford,
Who fought with hearts and hands,
To burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.
[Verse]
And then we left our cabins, boys, we left with right good will,
To see our friends and neighbours that were at Vinegar Hill,
And then young man from our Irish ranks, a cannon he let go,
And slapt it into Lord Mountjoy, a tyrant he laid low.
[Chorus]
For we are the boys of Wexford,
Who fought with hearts and hands,
To burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.
[Verse]
Well we bravely fought and conquered at Ross and Wexford town,
Three Bullet Gate for years to come will speak of our renown,
Through Walpole's horse and Walpole's foot on Tubberneering's day,
It's dependent on the long, bright pike, we cut our gory way.
[Chorus]
For we are the boys of Wexford,
Who fought with hearts and hands,
To burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.
[Verse]
And Oulart's name will be their shame, whose steel we ne'er did fear,
And every man must do his part, like Forth and Shelmalier,
And if for want of leaders, we lost at Vinegar Hill,
We're ready for another fight and love our country still.
[Chorus]
We are the boys of Wexford,
Who fought with hearts and hands,
To burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.
[Outro]
For to burst in twain that galling chain,
And free our native land.