[Verse]
In 1167, they came to Ireland on the make,
They were followed by invasions and by conquests in their wake,
The Kings and Queens of England made our land a battleground,
They held the land by fraud, defeat, poison, murder, and deceit!

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day.

[Verse]
Then by the fifteenth century they held precariously to the Pale,
The invaders were more Irish than the Irish, that's the tale,
A fat greedy king, called Henry's dick was bigger than his brain,
Forced a reformation, confiscating usurpation!

[Chorus]
And you'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you'll do,
Oh, you could put us down and keep us out but we'll come back again,
You'll know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end,
You'll know, you should have known, you'll never beat the Irish.

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day.

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day.

[Verse]
The virgin Queen, Elizabeth, brought more turmoil to our land,
She decimated Munster, scorched the earth and all at hand,
James the first and Charles the Mad brought out other greedy bands,
Took the land of Ulster, killed their Chieftains, poisoned, plundered!

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day.

[Verse]
By fraud and defective titles, they cheated Connaught and the west,
Across the seventeenth century from war we had no rest,
For the curse of Cromwell plagued the land, till our towns were red with blood,
The Battle of the Boyne was fought, William, James and foreign hoards.

[Chorus]
You'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you'll do,
Oh, you could put us down and keep us out but we'll come back again,
You'll know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end,
You'll know, you should have known, you'll never beat the Irish.

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day.

[Hook]
Murder, plunder, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day,
Ducking, diving, Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way,
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day,
Oh oh oh oh oh.