[Verse]
From rebel veins my life I knew,
In rebel arms I lay,
From rebel lips the lessons drew,
That lead me day by day.

And rocked to rest on a rebel breast,
Nursed on a rebel knee,
There woke and grew, for weal or rue,
A rebel heart in me.

[Chorus]
A rebel heart, a rebel heart,
From taint of thraldom free,
God prosper still for good or ill,
This rebel heart in me.

[Verse]
I've read my country's chequered page,
I've sang her deathless songs,
I've learned her woes from age to age,
I've burned to right the wrongs.

And when I saw that to alien law,
She never bent her knee,
Then prouder yet for Ireland beats,
This rebel heart in me.

[Chorus]
A rebel heart, a rebel heart,
From taint of thraldom free,
God prosper still for good or ill,
This rebel heart in me.