Wolfe Tones - You'll Never Beat the Irish, Part 2 lyrics

At the Siege of Limerick, Patrick Sarsfield won the day But the Irish they were cheated when his army went away Queen Ann and her successors forced on us those Penal Laws Denying the rights and liberty of religion, land, and property! Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day Then came the three mad Georges and they had us nearly fooled They couldn't speak the lingo of the countries that they ruled Puppets of the ascendancy they kept the Irish down But the rebels and the whiteboys hard their army on the run! You'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end You know, you should have known: You'll never beat the Irish The famine Queen, Victoria came to rule us by and by She was on the throne so bloody long, we thought she'd never die! She presided over hunger, famine, poverty, and disease She drove the people from their home to their d**h or to the land beyond the sea! Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day All across the 19th century, fought oppression with great zeal O'Connell spoke his blarney for emancipation and repeal Young Ireland and the Fenians tried the dynamite and the gun Parnell, the Men of Sixteen died, then Michael Collins had them on the run! You'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end You know, you should have known: You'll never beat the Irish Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day