[Verse]
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heaven o'er us.

Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Chorus]
Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ireland,
Some have come from a land beyond the wave,
Sworn to be free, no more our ancient sireland,
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.

Tonight we man the bearna bhaoil,
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal,
Mid cannons' roar and rifles' peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Verse]
In valley green or towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered neath the same old flag,
That's proudly floating o'er us.

We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Chorus]
Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ireland,
Some have come from a land beyond the wave,
Sworn to be free, no more our ancient sireland,
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.

Tonight we man the bearna bhaoil,
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal,
Mid cannons' roar and rifles' peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.