The Man of the West - The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem

The Men of the West

(William Rooney)

When you honor in song and in story

The names of the patriot men

Whose valor has covered with glory

Full many a mountain and glen

Forget not the boys of the heather

Who rallied their bravest and best

When Ireland was broken in Wexford

And looked for revenge to the West

Cho: I give you the gallant old West, boys

Where rallied our bravest and best

When Ireland lay broken and bleeding;

Hurrah for the men of the West!

The hilltops with glory were glowing

'Twas the eve of a bright harvest day

When the ship we’d been wearily waiting

Sailed into Killala’s broad bay

And over the hills went the slogan

To awaken in every breast

The fire that has never been quenched, boys

Among the true hearts of the West

Cho:

Killala was ours ere the midnight

And high over Ballina town

Our banners in triumph were waving

Before the next sun had gone down

We gathered to speed the good work, boys

The true men from near and afar;

And history can tell how we routed

The redcoats through old Castlebar

Cho:

And pledge me the stout sons of France, boys

Bold Humbert and all his brave men

Whose tramp, like the trumpet of battle

Brought hope to the drooping again

Since Ireland has caught to her bosom

On many a mountain and hill

The gallants who fell, so they’re here, boys

To cheer us to victory still

Cho:

Though all the bright dreamings we cherished

Went down in disaster and woe

The spirit of old is still with us

That never would bend to the foe

And Connaught is ready whenever

The loud rolling tuck of the drum

Rings out to awaken the echoes

And tell us the morning has come

Cho:

Recorded by Clancys, Patrick Galvin

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