Shan Van Voght

[00:57.77] Sean Van Voght
[01:53.91] "Oh! the French are on the sea," says the Sean van Voght,
[01:57.22] "Oh! the French are on the sea," says the Sean van Voght,
[02:01.14] "The French are in the Bay, they'll be here at break of day,
[02:04.64] And the Orange will decay," says the Sean van Voght,
[02:07.31] "And the Orange will decay," says the Sean van Voght.
[02:07.55] "And where will they have their camp?" says the Sean van Voght,
[02:11.98] "And where will they have their camp?" says the Sean van Voght.
[02:15.63] "On the Curragh of Kildare and the boys will all be there
[02:17.06] With their pikes in good repair." says the Sean van Voght,
[02:18.25] "With their pikes in good repair." says the Sean van Voght
[02:51.59] "And what will the yeomen do?" says the Sean van Voght,
[02:54.72] "And what will the yeomen do?" says the Sean van Voght,
[02:58.56] "What will the yeomen do but throw off the red and blue,
[03:01.97] And swear they will be true to the Sean van Voght?
[03:05.55] And swear they will be true to the Sean van Voght?"
[03:06.06] "Then what colour will be seen?" says the Sean van Voght,
[03:09.00] "Then what colour will be seen?" says the Sean van Voght,
[03:09.77] "What colour should be seen where our fathers' homes have been
[03:10.43] But our own immortal green? " says the Sean van Voght,
[03:10.90] "But our own immortal green? " says the Sean van Voght.
[03:11.57] "Will old Ireland then be free? " says the Sean van Voght,
[03:13.95] "Will old Ireland then be free? " says the Sean van Voght,
[03:14.12] "Old Ireland shall be free from the centre to the sea;
[03:17.40] Then hurrah for liberty," says the Sean van Voght.
[03:20.35] Note: Sean van Voght means, literally, the old woman;
[03:21.31] figuratively, Ireland. From the 1798 uprising. RG
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