St Patrick Battalion Teclado

	  
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Verse 
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My name is John Riley, 
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I'll have your ear only a while. 
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I left my dear home in Ireland 
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It was death, starvation or exile. 
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And when I got to America, 
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It was my duty to go, 
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Enter the army and slog across Texas 
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To join in the war against Mexico. 

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And it was there in the pueblos and hillsides, 
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That I saw the mistake I had made. 
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Part of a conquering army 
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With the morals of a bayonet blade. 
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So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics, 
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Screaming children, the burning stench of it all, 
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Myself and two hundred Irishmen 
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Decided to rise to the call... 



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From Dublin City, to San Diego 
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We witnessed freedom denied 
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So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side 


Verse 
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We marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick 
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Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh" 
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Bright with the harp and the shamrock 
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And "Libertad para Mexicana" 
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Just fifty years after Wolftone 
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Five thousand miles away 
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The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers 
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And they can talk as they may 

But-- 


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From Dublin City, to San Diego 
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We witnessed freedom denied 
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So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side 


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We fought them in Matamoros 
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While their volunteers were raping the nuns 
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In Monterey and Cerro Gordo 
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We fought on as Ireland's sons 
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We were the red-headed fighters for freedom 
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Amidst these brown-skinned women and men 
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Side by side we fought against tyranny 
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And I dare say we'd do it again 


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From Dublin City, to San Diego 
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We witnessed freedom denied 
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So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side 

Verse 
   D                  Bm   - Bsus2 
We fought them in Matamoros 
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While their volunteers were raping the nuns 
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In Monterey and Cerro Gordo 
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We fought on as Ireland's sons 
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We were the red-headed fighters for freedom 
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Amidst these brown-skinned women and men 
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Side by side we fought against tyranny 
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And I dare say we'd do it again 

 
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From Dublin City, to San Diego 
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We witnessed freedom denied 
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So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side 

Instrumental Verse 
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Instrumental Chorus 
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Verse 
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We fought them in five major battles 
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Churobusco was the last 
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Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston 
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We fell after each mortar blast 
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Most of us died on that hillside 
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In the service of the Mexican state 
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So far from our occupied homeland 
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We were heroes and victims of fate 

 
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From Dublin City, to San Diego 
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We witnessed freedom denied 
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So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side 
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We formed the Saint Patrick Battalion 
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And we fought on the Mexican side