The Irish Battalion Lyrics

Song	The Irish Battalion
Artist	David Kincaid
Album	The Irish-American's Song
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[00:00.000]	作曲 : Traditional arranged by David Kincaid
[00:01.45]	When old Virginia took the field
[00:05.84]	and wanted men torally on,
[00:10.03]	To be at once a sword and shield,
[00:14.47]	She formed her First Battalion.
[00:19.00]	Although her sons were volunteers,
[00:23.54]	And brave as ever bore a brand,
[00:27.93]	The good old lady had her fears,
[00:32.31]	that they'd prove but weak of hand
[00:39.02]	She therefore wisely cast about
[00:43.46]	For men of mettle and of mould,
[00:48.05]	With nerve of steel and muscle stout,
[00:52.29]	Like those that lived in days of old.
[00:56.87]	She wanted men of pluck and might,
[01:01.45]	Of fiery heart and horny hand,
[01:05.74]	To wield a pick as well as fight,
[01:10.08]	Or build a breastwork out of sand.
[01:19.37]	Or should she march to meet the foe
[01:23.61]	That threatened on her western border,
[01:28.30]	She wanted willing men to go,
[01:32.62]	When told to put her roads in order.
[01:36.96]	Or should the Volunteers retreat,
[01:41.44]	With baggage that might make them tarry,
[01:45.93]	'Twould blunt the edge of their defeat
[01:50.42]	To bear a hand and help them carry.
[01:59.76]	Or should some die of fell disease,
[02:03.85]	The surgeons having failed to save,
[02:08.35]	Sure men who work with so much ease,
[02:12.59]	Would volunteer to dig a grave!
[02:17.13]	For these, and reasons quite as sound,
[02:21.47]	When Old Virginia went to war,
[02:26.15]	She circumspectly viewed the ground
[02:30.49]	And plumped the middle man from taw!
[03:13.29]	In other words, to change the figure,
[03:17.52]	When she stood up and took her rifle,
[03:21.96]	And put her finger on the trigger,
[03:26.41]	She meant to work, and not to trifle.
[03:30.73]	And standing thus, yet wanting then
[03:35.32]	Some regulars to rally on,
[03:39.76]	She took three hundred Irishmen
[03:44.20]	And formed her First Battalion.
[03:53.29]	And when the storm of battle sweeps,
[03:58.04]	Where fiercest foemen sally on,
[04:02.12]	There, hard at work, or piled in heaps,
[04:06.45]	She'll find her bold Battalion!

[00:00.000]	zuo qu : Traditional arranged by David Kincaid
[00:01.45]	When old Virginia took the field
[00:05.84]	and wanted men torally on,
[00:10.03]	To be at once a sword and shield,
[00:14.47]	She formed her First Battalion.
[00:19.00]	Although her sons were volunteers,
[00:23.54]	And brave as ever bore a brand,
[00:27.93]	The good old lady had her fears,
[00:32.31]	that they' d prove but weak of hand
[00:39.02]	She therefore wisely cast about
[00:43.46]	For men of mettle and of mould,
[00:48.05]	With nerve of steel and muscle stout,
[00:52.29]	Like those that lived in days of old.
[00:56.87]	She wanted men of pluck and might,
[01:01.45]	Of fiery heart and horny hand,
[01:05.74]	To wield a pick as well as fight,
[01:10.08]	Or build a breastwork out of sand.
[01:19.37]	Or should she march to meet the foe
[01:23.61]	That threatened on her western border,
[01:28.30]	She wanted willing men to go,
[01:32.62]	When told to put her roads in order.
[01:36.96]	Or should the Volunteers retreat,
[01:41.44]	With baggage that might make them tarry,
[01:45.93]	' Twould blunt the edge of their defeat
[01:50.42]	To bear a hand and help them carry.
[01:59.76]	Or should some die of fell disease,
[02:03.85]	The surgeons having failed to save,
[02:08.35]	Sure men who work with so much ease,
[02:12.59]	Would volunteer to dig a grave!
[02:17.13]	For these, and reasons quite as sound,
[02:21.47]	When Old Virginia went to war,
[02:26.15]	She circumspectly viewed the ground
[02:30.49]	And plumped the middle man from taw!
[03:13.29]	In other words, to change the figure,
[03:17.52]	When she stood up and took her rifle,
[03:21.96]	And put her finger on the trigger,
[03:26.41]	She meant to work, and not to trifle.
[03:30.73]	And standing thus, yet wanting then
[03:35.32]	Some regulars to rally on,
[03:39.76]	She took three hundred Irishmen
[03:44.20]	And formed her First Battalion.
[03:53.29]	And when the storm of battle sweeps,
[03:58.04]	Where fiercest foemen sally on,
[04:02.12]	There, hard at work, or piled in heaps,
[04:06.45]	She' ll find her bold Battalion!

[00:00.000]	zuò qǔ : Traditional arranged by David Kincaid
[00:01.45]	When old Virginia took the field
[00:05.84]	and wanted men torally on,
[00:10.03]	To be at once a sword and shield,
[00:14.47]	She formed her First Battalion.
[00:19.00]	Although her sons were volunteers,
[00:23.54]	And brave as ever bore a brand,
[00:27.93]	The good old lady had her fears,
[00:32.31]	that they' d prove but weak of hand
[00:39.02]	She therefore wisely cast about
[00:43.46]	For men of mettle and of mould,
[00:48.05]	With nerve of steel and muscle stout,
[00:52.29]	Like those that lived in days of old.
[00:56.87]	She wanted men of pluck and might,
[01:01.45]	Of fiery heart and horny hand,
[01:05.74]	To wield a pick as well as fight,
[01:10.08]	Or build a breastwork out of sand.
[01:19.37]	Or should she march to meet the foe
[01:23.61]	That threatened on her western border,
[01:28.30]	She wanted willing men to go,
[01:32.62]	When told to put her roads in order.
[01:36.96]	Or should the Volunteers retreat,
[01:41.44]	With baggage that might make them tarry,
[01:45.93]	' Twould blunt the edge of their defeat
[01:50.42]	To bear a hand and help them carry.
[01:59.76]	Or should some die of fell disease,
[02:03.85]	The surgeons having failed to save,
[02:08.35]	Sure men who work with so much ease,
[02:12.59]	Would volunteer to dig a grave!
[02:17.13]	For these, and reasons quite as sound,
[02:21.47]	When Old Virginia went to war,
[02:26.15]	She circumspectly viewed the ground
[02:30.49]	And plumped the middle man from taw!
[03:13.29]	In other words, to change the figure,
[03:17.52]	When she stood up and took her rifle,
[03:21.96]	And put her finger on the trigger,
[03:26.41]	She meant to work, and not to trifle.
[03:30.73]	And standing thus, yet wanting then
[03:35.32]	Some regulars to rally on,
[03:39.76]	She took three hundred Irishmen
[03:44.20]	And formed her First Battalion.
[03:53.29]	And when the storm of battle sweeps,
[03:58.04]	Where fiercest foemen sally on,
[04:02.12]	There, hard at work, or piled in heaps,
[04:06.45]	She' ll find her bold Battalion!

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