[Verse]
Many homes are filled with sorrow and with sadness,
Many hearts are filled with anguish and with pain,
For old Ireland now she hangs her head in mourning,
For those men who fell at Upton for Sinn Féin.

[Chorus]
So, let the moon shine out tonight along the valley,
Where those men who fought for freedom now are lain,
May they rest In peace those men who died for Ireland,
In the lonely woods at Upton for Sinn Féin.

[Verse]
Some were thinking of their mothers wives and sweethearts,
Some were thinking of their dear old Irish home,
Did they think of when they drilled along the valley,
As they marched out from Cork city to their doom.

[Chorus]
So, let the moon shine out tonight along the valley,
Where those men who fought for freedom now are lain,
May they rest In peace those men who died for Ireland,
In the lonely woods at Upton for Sinn Féin.

[Verse]
Well, the warning cry rang out boys fix your bayonets,
And right gallantly they fixed them for the fray,
Gallantly they fought and died for dear old Ireland,
In the lonely woods at Upton far away.

[Chorus]
So, let the moon shine out tonight along the valley,
Where those men who fought for freedom now are lain,
May they rest In peace those men who died for Ireland,
In the lonely woods at Upton for Sinn Féin.

[Outro]
May they rest In peace those men who died for Ireland,
In the lonely woods at Upton for Sinn Féin.