[Verse]
"Oh, well Ireland is a very funny place, sir,
It's a strange and a troubled land,
All the fellas they are in the IRA, sir,
And the 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",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Hay, every bird upon my word,
Are singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen it's said is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I declare sir!"

"And every cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph for Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Verse]
"Well the other evening in Clare, sir,
I spied an old boreen,
Oh, such a bunch of Fenian's there, sir,
Dressed in orange, white and green."

"They marched to the German Goose step,
And they whistled 'Grann na bheal',
And I'm shaking in me shoes,
As I'm sending out the news",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Hay, every bird upon my word,
Are singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen it's said is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I declare sir!"

"And every cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph for Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Verse]
"Well the whole place is seething with sedition,
It's Sinn Féin through and through,
All the peelers they are joining local units,
And the password's 'Sinn Féin' too."

"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",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Chorus]
"Hay, every bird upon my word,
Are singing, "Yo ho, I'm a Provo!"
Every hen it's said is laying hand grenades,
Over there sir, I declare sir!"

"And every cock in the farmyard stock,
Singing, "Triumph for Sinn Féin",
And it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.

[Outro]
"Oh, no it wouldn't be surprising,
If there'd be another rising",
Says the man from the Daily Mail.