[Verse]
As we gather in song and in story,
Oh, the memories of Pearse and MacBride,
Whose names are illumined in glory,
With the martyrs who long have since died.

But forget not the boys of Kilmichael,
The brave lads both gallant and true,
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.

On the twenty-eighth day of November,
As the Tans left the town of the Macroom,
They were armed with two Crossley Tenders,
Not knowing they're meeting their doom.

They were on the high road to Kilmichael,
When suddenly came to a stop,
They met with the boys of the column,
Who made a clean sweep of the lot.

[Chorus]
So here's to the boys of Kilmichael,
The brave lads both gallant and true,
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.

[Verse]
The sun, in the west it was sinking,
Twas the eve of a cold winters day,
The Tans they were eagerly waiting,
Sailed into the spot where we lay.

In over the hill went the echo,
The peal of the rifle and gun,
The smoke from the lorries brought tidings,
That the boys of Kilmichael had won.

[Chorus]
So here's to the boys of Kilmichael,
The brave lads both gallant and true,
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.

[Verse]
The lorries were ours before twilight,
And we were high over Dunmanway Town,
Our banners in triumph were waving,
Just to show that the Tans gunned gone down.

We gathered our rifles and bayonets,
And we left with a grin so obsure,
And we never dared drink till we halted,
At the far away camp of Glenure.

[Chorus]
So here's to the boys of Kilmichael,
The brave lads both gallant and true,
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.

[Verse]
There's some that will blush at the mention,
Of Connolly, of Pearse and MacBride,
And history's new scribes in derision,
The pages of valour deny.

But here's to the boys who cried, "Freedom!"
When Ireland was nailed to the mast,
And they fought with Tom Barry's brave column,
To give us our freedom at last.

[Chorus]
So here's to the boys of Kilmichael,
The brave lads both gallant and true,
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.

[Outro]
Who fought neath the green flag of Erin,
And who conquered the red, white and blue.