LyricMeaning

Patriot Game
The Clancy Brothers

Come all you young rebels,

And list' while I sing.

For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.

It banishes fear with the the speed of a flame

And it makes us all part of the patriot game.


My name is O'Hanlon,

And I'm just gone sixteen,

My home is in Monohan,

Where I was weened,

I've learned all my life through,

When England to blame,

And so I'm a part of the patriot game.


It's barely two years since I wondered away,

With the local battalion of the bold I-R-A,

I've read of our heroes and I've wanted the same,


To play out my part in the patriot game.


This Ireland of ours has for long been half free,

Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny,

So I gave up my boyhood to drill and to train,

To play my own part in the patriot game.


And now as I lie here,

My body all holes,

I think of those treasures,

Who bargained and sold,

I wish that my rifle had given the same,

To those quislings who sold out the patriot game.


  Purchase "Patriot Game"   Purchase Entire Album   Email Video to Friends   Play Youtube "Patriot Game" Video   Play Spotify "Patriot Game" Song   View Wikipedia "Patriot Game" Entry   Receive Emails for Future The Clancy Brothers Lyrics

Email:

  Link to "Patriot Game"   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by The Clancy Brothers

  In This Windy Old Weather   Johnny I Harldy Knew Ye   Love Of The North   Will Ye Go Lassie, Go?

Related Songs

  The Patriot Game - Eire Og  Patriot Game - St. Patrick's Day  Patriot Game - Kingston Trio  The Patriot Game - Kingston Trio  Blind Patriot - Y&T  The New Black List - Knucklehead  Patriot Decay - Skoidats  Patriot Act - Roy Zimmerman  Patriot Games - Vicious Crusade  Patriot - Pearl Jam  Patriot - Jack Savoretti  Patriot - Reh Dogg  Patriot - Michael W. Smith  Patriot - Southern Death Cult  The Patritot - Pearl Jam  Cleanse Impure - Napalm Death  It Toby Keith is Such a Patriot (Why Won't He Send...  Decoy - Good Riddance  Revolution - 30 Seconds to Mars  Twenty First Century Patriot - Stand Accused  Twenty First Century Patriot - Stand Accused  Makeshift Patriot - Atmosphere  Makeshift Patriot - Sage Francis  Makeshift Patroit - Sage Francis  One Gun [DVD] - Lamb of God  Annie's Scarlet Letter - Carolyn Wonderland  One Gun - Lamb Of God  METEOR OF WAR - Rancid  Phantom Patriot - Les Claypool's Fancy Band  Phantom Patriot - Les Claypool's Fancy Band  Patriot Games - Tristania  The Patriot - Holy Blood  American Patriot - Band Marino  The Patriot - 8Stops7  Seasonal Patriot - Far From Finished  False Patriot - A Global Threat  Troubled Times - Holcombe Waller  Zealot - Under Eden  Phantasmagoria - Torture Garden  Punch Line - Minutemen  The Punch Line - Minutemen  A.W.O.L. - Exodus  A.W.O.L - Exodus  Third Light - Alarm  Somewhere Now - Green Day  O Canada (Canadian National Anthem)...  Drama Is Real - Game  O Canada - Nikki Yanofsky  O Canada - Dar Williams  There, There, My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners  There, There, My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners  O Canada - Chantal Kreviazuk  There, There My Dear - Dexy's Midnight Runners  America the Beautiful [#] - Frank Sinatra  America the Beautiful - Nnenna Freelon  America the Beautiful - Frank Sinatra  America the Beautiful - Frank Sinatra  America the Beautiful [From Anchors Aweigh]...  America The Beautiful - Bon Jovi  Canada Anthem Text - National Anthem  I Am A Patriot - Jackson Browne  America The Beautiful - Various Artists  O Canada - Geddy Lee And Alex Lifeson Of Rush...  It Hit Home - Suzanne Vega  To japan - Four Disorder  America The Beautiful - Twins  The Glorious Death - Xerath  Skull & Bones - A. A. Bondy  I, the Exiled - Enthring  Patriot (a single) - Scott Walker  The Phantom Patriot - Les Claypool  Superbowl Patriot XXXVI - Propagandhi  The Patriot Virus - Darkest Hour  Patriot Moral Prematur - DeadSquad  America the Beautiful - Robert Shaw  America the Beautiful - Frank Patterson  America the Beautiful - Richie Cole  America the Beautiful - John McDermott  Birth Of a Cabin - Wild Orchid Children  America the Beautiful - Misty River  America The Beautiful - Independence Day  Rattlesnake! - A Static Lullaby  America the Beautiful (original title "Materna")...  America the Beautiful (original title "Materna")...  America the Beautiful - André Rieu  Played - Little Aida  Branded - Split Fifty  America The Beautiful - 101 Strings Orchestra  Live Free - Youth Of Today  Climate Controllers - Napalm Death  Self Professed Kings - Berserkerfox  Politics Of War - AlogiA  Rattlesnake! - A Static Lullaby  50 Cotton Stars - Deloris  America The Beautiful - Lea Michele  Refused To Be Denieded - Anthrax  Every Heart That Is Breaking - Twila Paris  Faithful Friend - Twila Paris  F The CC - Steve Earle  The Last Night Of The Proms - Youthmovies  F The CC - Earle Steve  manifest destiny - Twelve Hour Turn  Out Of My Mind - Mushroomhead  Days Like These [UK Version] - Billy Bragg  Days Like These - Billy Bragg  ...And Ever - Titus Andronicus  Fascist Faces - Elton John  Shock! Horror! - Chumbawamba  America The Beautiful - Children  America The Beautiful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir  Transition - Die So Fluid  America The Beautiful - Children Lyrics  Embrace the Chaos - Common  Embrace The Chaos - Ozomatli  Underwater (You and Me) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah  All Dem Ah Try - Coolie Ranx  The Underground Man - Desaparecidos  Dear Harp Of My Country! - Sarah Brightman  We Die Alone - Lamb Of God  Requiem For Dissent - Bad Religion  Fascist Faces - Elton John, Bernie Taupin...  1984 - Anaïs Mitchell  Refuse to Be Denied - Anthrax  I Abstain - Napalm Death  Losers Of The Year - Diffuser  Dear Harp Of My Country - Blackburn Fiona  Days Like These (u.k. Version) - Billy Bragg  Girl from a Pawnshop - Black Crowes  London [Rotten Row Patriot] - Tangerine Dream  Song Of The Patriot - Johnny Cash  I Am a Patriot - Pearl Jam  Marchin On [Patriot Remix] - OneRepublic  Patriot's Dream - Arlo Guthrie  Game Recognize Game - TWISTA  Yulia - Wolf Parade  The Sons of Liberty - Sons of Liberty  Concerns of a GOP Neo-Phye - NOFX  America the Beautiful - Lee Greenwood  2001 - Melissa Etheridge  America the Beautiful - Pete Seeger  C.B.B (14%) - à;GRUMH...  Wild Times, Outrageous Lies - Bangers  America, The Beautiful - Pete Seeger  Red White And Brainwashed - Flag Anti  2001 - M  Red White And Brainwahsed - Anti-Flag  Concerns Of A GOP Neo-Phyte - NOFX  Red White And Brainwashed - Anti-Flag  America The Beautiful - Willie Nelson  Concerns Of A Gop Neo-Phyte (Wrong Version) - NOFX  The Decider - Cobra Skulls  Dear Harp of my Country! - Brightman Sarah  Avalon (Boundless In Static) - Brunswick  Game - Michael Gira  Game - Nick Gill  Game - Jacqueline Stem  Game - Okay  Game - Bird  Game - Fake?  Game - Gucci Mane  Game - Too Short  Game - Lil B  Game - Lil B  Game - Boa  Game - NamNamBulu  Game - Mystikal  Game - K-Pop  Game - G.P Basic  Game - Destiny\'s Child F/ Master P  Game - Disturbed  Game - Kurupt  Game - W-inds  Game - Too $hort  Game - Dionysus  Game - Ayumi Hamasaki  Game - Beady Belle  Game - Talib Kweli  Game - DJ Khaled  Game - Celebration  Game - Joey Galaxy  Game - Action Action  Game - Tesla  Until I Say So - Mark Mulcahy  Mr Blue - Yaz  Ihr habt Recht - Der W  Days Like These [D.C. Remix] - Billy Bragg  Mr. Blue - Yazoo  S.U.V. S.O.B. - Screaming Headless Torsos  Days Like These [DC Remix] - Billy Bragg  Dear Mrs. Reagan - Phish  Days Like These (D.C. Remix) - Billy Bragg  Lysistrata - Utopia  Dying Culture (Second Movement) - Wumpscut  American Dream - Better Than Ezra  Kill The Rich - Flag Anti  Kill The Rich - Anti-Flag  Desert Nights - Astral Doors  Pledge of Allegiance - Lee Greenwood  I Read You - THEESatisfaction  Tenth Man Down - Nightwish
  Please consider supporting this site by Clicking Here and Bookmarking whenever you search and shop Amazon. It costs you nothing but it supports us and gives us credit and we appreciate it greatly.