[Verse]
My name is Margaret Skinnider,
I was born and bred in Coatbridge Town,
Were people came from Monaghan,
That is where they turn began
Is there I spent my childhood days,
Was happy, carefree, sunny ways of youth

[Chorus]
And we sang a song for Ireland,
I heard the songs of freedom fill the air,
And we said a prayer for Ireland,
I pray to God that Ireland might be free,
The phoenix still will rise, we took them by surprise,
The starry clash shone brightly against the darkness of this night.

[Verse]
Glasgow City I taught school,
But Ireland was deep in my soul,
There I joined the suffragettes,
Women's right I did protest,
Then I joined the Cumann na mBan,
To do my bit for Ireland, my lovely land.

[Chorus]
And we sang a song for Ireland,
I heard the songs of freedom fill the air,
And we said a prayer for Ireland,
I pray to God that Ireland might be free,
The phoenix still will rise, we took them by surprise,
The starry clash shone brightly against the darkness of this night.

[Verse]
Love of freedom did protest,
After meeting with the brave Countess,
Matched outside that Easter morn,
Ireland's freedom it was calling,
Fought nobly with brave and bold,
Till I was shot, my stories told, 1916.

[Chorus]
And we sang a song for Ireland,
I heard the songs of freedom fill the air,
And we said a prayer for Ireland,
I pray to God that Ireland might be free,
The phoenix still will rise, we took them by surprise,
The starry clash shone brightly against the darkness of this night.