David Rovics - The saint patrick battalion

^CMy name is John Riley I'll ^Fhave your ear only a ^Cwhile I ^Fleft my dear home in ^CIreland It was death, starvation or ^Amexile And ^Fwhen I got to A^Cmerica It ^Fwas my duty to ^Amgo ^CEnter the Army and ^Fslog across Texas To ^Gjoin in the war against ^AmMexico

^CIt was there in the pueblos and hillsides That I ^Fsaw the mistake I had ^Cmade ^FPart of a conquering ^Carmy With the morals of a bayonet ^Amblade So in the ^Fmidst of these poor, dying ^CCatholics Screaming ^Fchildren, the burning stench of it ^Amall My^Cself and two hundred ^FIrishmen De^Gcided to rise to the ^Amcall

From Dublin ^FCity to San Di^Cego ^GWe witnessed freedom de^Amnied So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside

We ^Cmarched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick Em^Fblazoned with "Erin Go ^CBragh" ^FBright with the harp and the ^Cshamrock And "Libertad pa Mexican^Ama" ^FJust fifty years after ^CWolftone ^FFive thousand miles ^Amaway The Yanks ^Ccalled us a Legion of ^FStrangers And ^Gthey can talk as they ^Ammay

From Dublin ^FCity to San Di^Cego ^GWe witnessed freedom de^Amnied So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside

We ^Cfought them in Matamoros While their ^Fvolunteers were raping the ^Cnuns In ^FMonterey and Cerro ^CGordo We fought on as Ireland's ^Amsons We were the ^Fred-headed fighters for ^Cfreedom Amidst these ^Fbrown-skinned women and ^Ammen Side by ^Cside we fought against ^Ftyranny And I ^Gdaresay we'd do it ^Amagain

From Dublin ^FCity to San Di^Cego ^GWe witnessed freedom de^Amnied So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside

We ^Cfought them in five major battles Churo^Fbusco was the ^Clast Over^Fwhelmed by the cannons from ^CBoston We fell after each mortar ^Amblast ^FMost of us died on that ^Chillside In the ^Fservice of the Mexican ^Amstate So ^Cfar from our occupied ^Fhomeland We were ^Gheroes and victims of ^Amfate

From Dublin ^FCity to San Di^Cego ^GWe witnessed freedom de^Amnied So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside So we ^Fformed the Saint Patrick Batt^Calion And we ^Gfought on the Mexican ^Amside