[Verse]
I remember the day, it stands clear in my mind,
We went down at Dun Laoghaire to wave you goodbye,
Your ma was quietly weeping, there was a tear in my eye,
As they sent you to Gallipoli to die.

You looked so young as you stood there, a glint in your eye,
And you sang rebel songs as the streamers flew high,
Your ma turned away and I heard her cry,
"God, you're sailing to Gallipoli to die."

[Chorus]
You were all that we had, your mammy and me,
As you marched head erеct, oh, you were proud as could be,
And it killеd your poor ma and it's slowly killed me,
Cause you were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli.

[Verse]
We got just the one letter, we knew right away,
It said, "Deepest regrets, your son was bold and he was brave",
You were only eighteen, yet your mammy and I,
Let you go to Gallipoli to die.

[Chorus]
Oh, you were all that we had, your mammy and me,
As you marched head erеct, oh, you were proud as could be,
And it killеd your poor ma and it's slowly killed me,
That you were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli.

[Verse]
You fought for the wrong country, you died for the wrong cause,
And your ma often said, "It was Ireland's great loss",
All those fine young men who marched off to war on foeign shores,
When the greatest war of all was at home.

[Chorus]
Oh, you were all that we had, your mammy and me,
As you marched head erеct, oh, you were proud as could be,
And it killеd your poor ma and it's slowly killed me,
That you were blown to kingdom come on the shores of Gallipoli.

[Chorus]
Oh, you were all that we had, your mammy and me,
As you marched head erеct, oh, you were proud as could be,
And it killеd your poor ma and it's slowly killed me,
That you were blown to kingdom come.