[Verse]
The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,
Old Ireland surrounded by sadness and gloom,
Oh, we were defeated and shamefully treated,
And I, Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, will die with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I lay down my life for the Emerald Isle."

[Verse]
Oh, hung, drawn and quartered, sure, that was me sentence,
But soon I will show them, no coward am I,
My crime is the love of the land I was born in,
A hero I've lived and a hero I'll die.

My barque lay at anchor, awaiting to take me,
Far over the billows to a land of the free,
I must see my sweetheart, I know she will cheer me,
And with her I will sail far over the sea.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, will die with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I lay down my life for the Emerald Isle."

[Verse]
Oh, I was arrested and cast into prison,
And tried as a traitor, a rebel, a spy,
But no one can call me a knave or a coward,
A hero I've lived and a hero I'll die.

Goodbye to old Ireland, me parents and sweethearts,
Companions in arms, to forget you must try,
I am proud of the honour, twas only my duty,
A hero I've lived and a hero I'll die.

[Chorus]
Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Erin,
Bold Robert Emmet, will die with a smile,
"Farewell companions, both loyal and daring,
I lay down my life for the Emerald Isle.".