Kevin Barry
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In Mountjoy, one Monday morning, high upon the gallows tree
Kevin Barry gave his young life for the sake of liberty
Just a lad of 18 summers, that nobody can deny
Kevin Barry faced the hangman and these words he did reply
"Shoot me like an Irish soldier
Do not hang me like a dog, for I fought to save old Ireland
In that cold November fog." And before he faced the gallows
In that lonely prison cell, foreign soldiers tortured Barry
They said, "Now we'll make you tell
You'll tell the names of your companions and the others that you know
Turn informer or we'll kill you." Kevin Barry answered, "No."
Then his comrades, they stood attention as he bid the last
Farewell to his broken-hearted mother in her grief too sad to tell
"Shoot me like an Irish soldier," was the last request he made
But they hung young Kevin Barry on that cold November day
They hung young Kevin Barry on that cold November day
Kevin Barry gave his young life for the sake of liberty
Just a lad of 18 summers, that nobody can deny
Kevin Barry faced the hangman and these words he did reply
"Shoot me like an Irish soldier
Do not hang me like a dog, for I fought to save old Ireland
In that cold November fog." And before he faced the gallows
In that lonely prison cell, foreign soldiers tortured Barry
They said, "Now we'll make you tell
You'll tell the names of your companions and the others that you know
Turn informer or we'll kill you." Kevin Barry answered, "No."
Then his comrades, they stood attention as he bid the last
Farewell to his broken-hearted mother in her grief too sad to tell
"Shoot me like an Irish soldier," was the last request he made
But they hung young Kevin Barry on that cold November day
They hung young Kevin Barry on that cold November day