Fightin' Men of Crossmaglen

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The Fightin' Men of Crossmaglen is a popular Irish rebel song written by Eugene Henity from Crossmaglen about the resistance from the people of Armagh to British rule. The lyrics are:

Oh I'll sing a song

Of the bravest men

That famous fighting unit from Armagh (Tiocfaidh ár lá!)

They are the men

From Crossmaglen

Amongst the bravest Irelands ever saw

Chorus:

In Crossmaglen

The fire burns true

The patriotic flame will never die

And when you hear the battle cry

It will be the fighting men from Crossmaglen

At night you hear

Bazookas roar

Armalites are heard across the land

The IRA

Their spirits soar

They know the reckonin has come to hand

Chorus

Those British scum

They do fear

Never again they'll see their cursed shore

Because they know

They'll pay dear

The RA will even Irelands bloody score

Chorus

We'll not give up

Oh Will we fuck

Until we're free

Until Irelands out of British hands

We'll never rest

Until we see

The tyrants rule driven from our land

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