You'll Never Beat The Irish Lyrics & Chords By The Wolfe Tones

In 1167 they came to Ireland on the make
They were followed by invasions and by conquests in their wake
The kings and queens of Enland made our land a battlegroud
They took our land by fraud, defeat; by poison, murder, and decet.
Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
Cheating stealing diddle idle de
Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way
Diddily i del do di diddly idle de
By the 15th century they held percariously to the Pale
The invaders were more Irish than the Irish - that's the tale,
A fat greedy king called Henry
His dick was bigger than his brain
Forced the Reformation
Confiscating, usurpation!
And you'll never beat the Irish (come on)
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
Y'know you should have known
You'll never beat the Irish
Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
Cheating stealing diddle idle de
Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way
Diddily i del do di diddly idle de
Then the virgin Queen Elizabeth brought was and turmoil to our land
She decimated Munster
Scorched the earth and all at hand,
then James 1st and Charles the mad
Brought out other greedy bands
They took the land of Ulster
Killed the Chieftains - poinsend, plundered
Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
Cheating stealing diddle idle de
Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way
Diddily i del do di diddly idle de
By fraud and defective titles they cheated Connaught and the west
Across the seventeenth century from war we had no rest
For the curse of Cromwell plagued the land
Till our towns were red with blood
Then the Battle of the Boyne was fought by Williams, James and foreign hoards
You'll never beat the Irish
No matter what you do
You can kill us off and put us down
and exterminate us too
But we'll come back again
You know we are the fighting Irish
and we'll fight until the end
You should have known
You'll never beat the Irish
Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
Cheating stealing diddle idle de
Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way
Diddily i del do di diddly idle de
Muder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
Cheating stealing diddle idle de
Ducking diving faugh a balla clear the way
Diddily i del do di diddly idle de