The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs & Lyrics

Volume Two - Complete Text & Lyrics

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4i8 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF
Oh ! the French are in the Bay, They'll be here by break of day, And the Orange will decay, Says the Shan Van Vocht.
And where will they have their camp ?
Says the Shan Van Vocht; Where will they have their camp ?
Says the Shan Van Vocht; On the Curragh of Kildare, The boys they will be there, With their pikes in good repair,
Says the Shan Van Vocht.
To the Curragh of Kildare, The boys they will repair, And Lord Edward will be there, Says the Shan Van Vocht.
Then what will the yeomen do ?
Says the Shan Van Vocht; What will the yeomen do ?
Says the Shan Van Vocht; What should the yeomen do, But throw off the red and blue, And swear that they'll be true
To the Shan Van Vocht?
What should the yeomen do, But throw off the red and blue, And swear that they'll be true To the Shan Van Vocht ?