I went away to fight a war that small nations might be
free
Got a soldiers guns and uniform to fight the enemy
I was trained to
shoot my fellow before he got to me
And I danced with death in the mud and wept
And prayed my home to see.
Chorus:
So come over to me darling girl
come here me Molly dear.
You are as welcome as the flowers in may you're welcome
here to me.
No more I'll fire the musket shot or hear the cannon roar
I've done my time, now you'll be mine
I'm yours for ever more.
While in the trenches there I thought who starts these bloody -wars
And
thought of these great Irishmen who died on these strange shores
Then a bomb did
burst to the air it trust some shrapnel fire and blood
I escaped it then shot back
at them and lay back in the mud.
Chorus:
While I was off in foreign
lands, fighting other peoples' wars
Some gallant men were fighting here to free
their native shore
You shot our leaders of 16 saw our city sacked and burned
Then you sent us in the Black and Tans to greet our home return.
Chorus:
I don't need your heroes welcome
I don't want your bugle call
No
brass band no pipes and drums, no medal badge or star
But give me what you
promised me when first I went to war
That's freedom for old Ireland and I'll go
to fight no more.
Chorus: Wolfe Tones - A Soldiers Return lyrics
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