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Original English lyrics by Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney, 1907 was sung as a marching tune during the 1916 rebellion at the GPO only the Chorus is officially designated as the National Anthem.
Amhrán na bhFiann is pronounced roughly: Aw-rahn na Vee-an
Amhrán na bhFiann is pronounced roughly: Aw-rahn na Vee-an
Amhrán na bhFiann
by Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing cho-rus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Im- patient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
To- night we man the Bhear-na Baoil (warna wheel - gap of danger)
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
Chorus
With cheering rousing cho-rus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Im- patient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
To- night we man the Bhear-na Baoil (warna wheel - gap of danger)
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.
Chorus