Lyrics - Irish
(Melody by Peadar Kearney & Patrick Heeney, Lyrics by Peadar Kearney, 1907)
Sinne Fianna Fáil,
atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn,
Buíon dár slua
thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Faoi mhóid bheith saor
Seantír ár sinsear feasta,
Ní fhágfar faoin tíorán ná faoin tráill.
Anocht a théam sa bhearna baoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil, chun báis nó saoil,
Le gunna scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar,
Seo libh canaídh amhrán na bhfiann
English Translation - The Soldiers' Song
Soldiers are we,
whose lives are pledged to Ireland,
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave,
Sworn to be free,
no more our ancient sireland,
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the “bearna baoil”,
In Erin’s cause, come woe or weal,
’Mid cannon’s roar and rifles’ peal,
We’ll chant a soldier’s song
See also
- Country: Ireland
- Subject: national anthems
- Harmony: chords I, II, IV, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
- Scale: major
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody