[Verse]
"Oh, Ireland is a very funny place, sir,
It's a strange and a troubled land,
And the Irish are a very funny race, sir,
Every woman's in Cumann na mBan."

"Every doggie got a tri-coloured ribbon,
Tied firmly to its tail,
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Oh, every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I do declare sir!"

"And every old cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph to Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Verse]
"Oh, the other day I travelled down to Clare, sir,
I spied an old boreen,
Such a bunch of busy gooses there, sir,
Dressed in orange, white and green."

"They were marching to the German Goose step,
And whistling 'Grann na bheal',
And every time I show up,
They would shoot me as a yeoman",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Oh, every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I do declare sir!"

"And every old cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph to Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Verse]
"Oh, the whole place is seething with sedition,
It's Sinn Féin through and through,
All the boys are joining local units,
And the password's 'Sinn Féin' too."

"Well, the IRA just sent me,
A time bomb in the mail,
And I'm shaking in me shoes,
As I'm typing up the news",
Said the man from the Daily Mail

[Chorus]
"Oh, every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I do declare sir!"

"And every old cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph to Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Oh, every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I do declare sir!"

"And every old cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph to Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Oh, every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I do declare sir!"

"And every old cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph to Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another",
The Daily Mail.