From a County Mayo town came a man of great renown,
As a sailor and a soldier were none bolder,
He went to Americay at an early age, they say,
As a cabin boy to sail the wide world over,
Then adventure took him south to the De la Plata mouth,
San MartÃn was on the rout in Argentina,
So three whaling ships he bought and Brazil and Spain he fought,
For freedom that he sought for Argentina.
Now Admiral William Brown, you're a man of courage shown,
And in battles fought the odds were all against you,
But your Irish heart was strong and in memory still lives on,
And in Ireland there are some that don't forget you,
On St. Patrick's day, it's told, you had many victories bold,
You defeated all invaders, thugs and bullies,
Then through the Pampas rode and you found a happy home,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.
He had heard of Irish hands in that noble gallant band,
That helped to free the land called Argentina,
He had heard with great acclaim the Patricios name and fame,
When in eighteen six, the British came for slaughter,
And to this very day in the Argentine they say,
The English ran away from Buenos Aires,
To the islands further down and they took them for the crown,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.
We remember William Brown and his land of great renown,
He, invader of the islands from your country,
When in 1833 were like pirates forced to flee,
And in Ireland, sure we know the story fully,
And the people that went too, to the Argentine where new,
To escape the English laws and wars and famine,
They have proved a loyal crew just like all the Irish do,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.
In the old colonial days and the cruel English ways,
With their guns of thunders we will teach the natives,
For the Brits are going to war just like Whitelock did before,
With their ships and guns and drums and flags and banners,
In the Empire days of old when they murdered for the gold,
Paraded it around the streets of London,
Oh, no human rights were given to the natives, dead or living,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.
In the Argentine he died, Father Fahey by his side,
'57 was the year the country mourned him,
He's a hero of the nation and remembered with elation,
Throughout the world where freedom still abounds,
And the Southern Cross take note, where young Willie Bulfin wrote,
The Irish still support you, Argentina,
With the Empire tumbling down, let no Paddies back the Crown,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.
With the Empire tumbling down, let no Paddies back the Crown,
Las Islas Malvinas, Argentina.