Key: D
Introduction:
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At Boolavogue, as the sun was setting
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O'er the bright May meadows of Shelmalier,
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A rebel hand set the heather blazing
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And brought the neighbours from far and near.
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Then Father Murphy, from old Kilcormack,
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Spurred up the rocks with a warlike cry
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"Arm! Arm!" he cried, "For I've come to lead you,
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For Ireland's freedom we will fight or die."
He led us on against the coming soldiers,