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Ireland Shall Rebel

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While tyrants rule the land,     Beneath the Irish skies;     While eer the iron hand     Upon our people lies;     While sons are driven forth     In other lands to dwell,     Still in the South and North     Old Ireland will rebel!     Rebel, rebel!     Old Ireland will rebel!     While fanlike from below,     And pale against the skies,     That light of shame the glow     Of burning homes shall rise;     While hot indignant tears     From Irish hearts shall swell:     Be it a thousand years,     Old Ireland will rebel!     Rebel, rebel!     Old Ireland will rebel!     Until the tyrants rod     Shall broken be in twain,     And on the dear old sod     Blest freedom treads again;     Or till our masters learn     To rule our country well,     The fires of hate shall burn!     Old Ireland will rebel!     Rebel, rebel!     Old Ireland will rebel!

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