[Verse]
You may talk and write and boast about your Fenians and your clans,
And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tans,
And view a little codger who came out without a scar,
His name is Paddy Mulligan, the man from Mullingar.

[Chorus]
The peelers chased him out of Connemara,
For beating up the valiant Stan O'Hara,
And when he came to Ballymote, he stole the parson's car,
And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castlebar.

Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn't catch him, (Catch him!)
The King sent out an order for to lash him, (Lash him!)
When Patrick came to Dublin town, he stole an armoured car,
And he gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

[Verse]
On Easter Monday morning when the boys did hear the sound,
Patrick raised the flag of war down in his native town,
First he went to make his peace with dear old Father Maher,
Then went out and blew the barracks up and the car from Mullingar.

[Chorus]
The peelers chased him out of Connemara,
For beating up the valiant Stan O'Hara,
And when he came to Ballymote, he stole the parson's car,
And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castlebar.

Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn't catch him, (Catch him!)
The King sent out an order for to lash him, (Lash him!)
When Patrick came to Dublin town, he stole an armoured car,
And he gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

[Verse]
And when Ireland takes its place among the nations of the world,
A flag of orange, white and green to the forewinds is unfurled,
You'll read the Roll of Honour and you'll find an armoured scar,
The name of Sarsfield Mulligan, the man from Mullingar.

[Chorus]
The peelers chased him out of Connemara,
For beating up the valiant Stan O'Hara,
And when he came to Ballymote, he stole the parson's car,
And he sold it to the bishop in the town of Castlebar.

Oh, seven hundred peelers couldn't catch him, (Catch him!)
The King sent out an order for to lash him, (Lash him!)
When Patrick came to Dublin town, he stole an armoured car,
And he gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar. (Hoo!).