[Verse]
This song that I will sing of a brave young Irishman,
In the struggle for freedom to free Ireland,
He joined the IRA, became a volunteer,
To his comrades in arms he never showed fear.

Volunteer Gerard Casey, freedom fighter to all,
To the plight of his country he answered the call,
And on active service, he would never ask, "Why?",
Our brave volunteer was not afraid to die.

[Chorus]
This man from North Antrim, I'm sure you've all heard tell,
Gerard Casey's the name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
He fought for his country, he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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In his younger days he lived his life to the full,
Playing Gaelic football things were not so dull,
Working with his father, serving out his time,
To set Ireland free, to him it was no crime.

No stranger to harassment at the hands of the foe,
He was tortured, arrested in Castlerea he go,
Threatened by imprisonment and death in the end,
Our brave volunteer to them he would not bend.

[Chorus]
This man from North Antrim, I'm sure you've all heard tell,
Gerard Casey's the name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
He fought for his country, he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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Cruel British assassins in the cover of dark,
Headed for Rasharkin onto Shamrock Park,
With their guns of terror they burst through the door,
And the cowards went looking for the family man of four.

They found him with his wife, his baby girl in bed,
They sprayed English bullets and left Gerard Casey dead,
The cowards had fled the sadness that night,
For his wife and young family would carry on the fight.

[Chorus]
This man from North Antrim, I'm sure you've all heard tell,
Gerard Casey's the name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
He fought for his country, he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

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His funeral at St. Mary's, gallant forces of the Crown,
When the large crowd defied them, as the rain lashed down,
The piper he played 'Farewell' at the grave,
In honour of Gerard, the bravest of the brave.

Our gallant volunteer, North Antrim Brigade,
And the rain swept graveyard was where he was laid,
Volunteers gone before him who lie in a plot,
Gerard Casey and their names will never be forgot.

[Chorus]
This man from North Antrim, I'm sure you've all heard tell,
Gerard Casey's the name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
He fought for his country, he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.

[Chorus]
This man from North Antrim, I'm sure you've all heard tell,
Gerard Casey's the name, Rasharkin he did dwell,
He fought for his country, he gave up his life,
For his family and friends and darling young wife.