[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Verse]
Through the little streets of Belfast,
In the dark of early morn,
British soldiers came marauding,
Wrecking little homes with scorn.

Hear the sob of the crying children,
Dragging fathers from their beds,
Bleeding sons while helpless mothers,
Watch the blood pour from their heads.

[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Verse]
Proudly stand behind our banner,
Firmly stand behind our men,
We will have them free to help us,
Build a nation once again.

All the people, step together,
Proudly, firmly, on your way,
Never fear and never falter,
Till the boys come home to stay.

[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.