[Verse]
"Now Ireland is a very funny place, sir,
It's a strange and a troubled land,
And the Irish are a bloody funny race, sir,
Every girl's in Cumann na mBan."
"Every doggie's 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]
"Well every bird upon my word,
Singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen in jail is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I 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]
"Well the other evening in Clare, sir,
Behind in an old boreen,
Such a gang of Fenian's drilling there, sir,
Dressed in orange, white and green."
"They were marching to the German Goose step,
And singing 'Grann na bheal',
And I'm shaking in me shoes,
As I'm typing out the news",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.
[Chorus]
"Well 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]
"Well the whole place is seething with sedition,
It's Sinn Féin through and through,
All the Gardaí are joining Sinn Féin units,
And the password's 'Sinn Féin' too."
"Well the IRA just sent me,
A time bomb in the mail,
And bejeebers and begorrah,
I'm going home tommora",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.
[Chorus]
"Well 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]
"Well 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 they had another rising",
Said the man from the Daily Mail.