The Patriot Game
Kavana, Ron & Alias Acoustic Band, The
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Oh, me name is O'Hanlon and I just turned sixteen
My home is in Monaghan, that's where I was weaned
I was taught all my life cruel England to blame
And so I'm a part of the patriot game
It's barely two years since I first went away
With the local battalion of the bold IRA
I read of old heroes and I wanted the same
To play out my part in the patriot game
They told me how Connery was shot in a chair
His wounds from the battle all bloody and bare
His fine body twisted, all battered and torn
That made him a part of this patriot game
This Ireland of mine has long been half free
For six counties are under John Bull's tyranny
And still Devil Eireann is greatly to blame
For shirking his part in the patriot game
And now as I lie here, my body on hold
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold
And I'm sorry my rifle has not done the same
For the bastards who sold out the patriot game
So come all you young rebels and list while I sing
The love of one's country is a terrible thing
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame
And makes us all part of the patriot game