[Chorus]
Hurrah, hurrah, we proudly marched along,
Hurrah, hurrah, we sang our marching song,
The battle cry of liberty went ringing loud and clear,
All on the long march to Derry.
[Verse]
Twas on the first day of the year in 1969,
We gathered at the City Hall, the weather being fine,
With McCann in front to lead us, Michael Farrell in the van,
Off on the long march to Derry.
As we approached to Antrim Town, the bridge we found was blocked,
There stood a certain major with a feather in his hat,
"No Fenian foot will e'er pollute this sacred ground we hold,
We'll soon stop your long march to Derry."
[Chorus]
Hurrah, hurrah, we proudly marched along,
Hurrah, hurrah, we sang our marching song,
The battle cry of liberty went ringing loud and clear,
All on the long march to Derry.
[Verse]
Now Toomebridge town was good, we found, the people stood and cheered,
And everyone supported us whenever we appeared,
We crossed the bridge where McCorley died with our banners flying high,
Off on the long road to Derry.
Twas at Dungiven, Farrell stood and told the watching crowd,
"We're marching for our civil rights, we're marching and we're proud,
And every man and woman here regardless of his creed,
Should join in the long marching to Derry."
[Chorus]
Hurrah, hurrah, we proudly marched along,
Hurrah, hurrah, we sang our marching song,
The battle cry of liberty went ringing loud and clear,
All on the long march to Derry.
[Verse]
They ambushed us at Irish Street and at Burntollett too,
And the air was thick with stones and bricks and the missiles fearlessly flew,
But we got up and struggled on, though battered black and blue,
To finish the long march to Derry.
Well now the march is over, we can lay our banners down,
For the world has seen what Ulster's like while loyal to the Crown,
And generations yet unborn will live to toast the boys,
Who went on the long march to Derry.
[Chorus]
Hurrah, hurrah, we proudly marched along,
Hurrah, hurrah, we sang our marching song,
The battle cry of liberty went ringing loud and clear,
All on the long march to Derry.