Matt Minglewood - The Patriot Game lyrics

Come all you young rebels & list while I sing For the love of one's country is a dangerous thing For it banishes fear like the speed of a flame And it makes us all part of the Patriot Game My name is O'Hanlan and I've just gone 16 My home is in Mahnagh, that's where I was weaned I've read about heroes and I wanted the same Just to play out my part in the Patriot's Game Been nearly two years since I wandered away With the local battalion of the bold IRA I gave up my boyhood just to drill and to train And to play out my part in the Patriot's Game And now as I lie here, my body all holes Well I think of those traitors who bargained and sold And I wish that my rifle had given the same To those Quislings, those low down quislings Who sold out my Patriot Game.