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Need the name of a song...

Shadowdancer · 2009-07-28 18:02:42

A friend of mine recorded part of a session and we are trying to find the name of a song. It is sung to the tune of the well known Hornpipe "The Rights of Man" and the only bit of the lyric we could get off the tape is.. "And the bravest ... shall ... their men Now we can surely raise this flag of freedom in our land…

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28-07-2009 7:02pm

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Shadowdancer

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A friend of mine recorded part of a session and we are trying to find the name of a song. It is sung to the tune of the well known Hornpipe "The Rights of Man" and the only bit of the lyric we could get off the tape is..

"And the bravest ... shall ... their men
Now we can surely raise this flag of freedom in our land again.

Though the years have come between us, we will not forget the cause,
... Irishmen united against cruel, oppressive laws.
And though others may usurp our reasons for their own design,
We were faithful to equality and brotherhood that time.

Chorus:
For the rising of the moon will be the ... call,
For martyrs of our country to unite it for us all,
When equality and brotherhood can triumph in the end,
And the tree of liberty shall grow in Ireland once again."

Sounds to me like a Wolfe Tones/ Brian Warfield type of song but there is nothing on Google that is of any help.

I have lived abroad for many years now so I'm not all that familiar with what is popular around the sessions these days, alas.

Shadowdancer.

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