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

[Chorus]
"God save Ireland" said the heroes,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefield we die,
Oh, no matter when, for Erin dear we fall.

[Verse]
Girt around the cruel foe, still, their courage proudly rose,
For they thought with hearts that loved them, far and near,
For the millions true and brave o'er the ocean's swelling wave,
And the friends in holy Ireland, ever dear.

[Chorus]
"God save Ireland" said the heroes,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefields we die,
Oh, what matter when, for Erin dear we fall.

[Verse]
Climbed they up the rugged stair, rang their voices out in prayer,
Then with England's fatal cord around them cast,
Close beside the gallows tree kissed like brothers lovingly,
True to home and faith and freedom to the last.

[Chorus]
"God save Ireland" said the heroes,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefields we die,
Oh, what matter when, for Erin dear we fall.

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

[Chorus]
"God save Ireland" said the heroes,
"God save Ireland" said they all,
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefields we die,
Oh, what matter when, for Ireland dear we fall,
Oh, what matter when, for Ireland dear we fall.