famous irish regiments & irish military history
Private James Daly
The Connaught Rangers
To the tiny homestead of the West
The recruiting sergeant came.
He promised all a future bright
So the brave young men went off to fight
For the Empire and her might.
And many's the Victory they had won
Many the hardships they had seen.
They fought and died, side by side
Their enemies they had defied and for a foreign King.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
While serving in a far off land
The news had come from home
Of a peoples' fate it did relate
Of the Tans and their campaign of hate.
And we're fighting on their side
Arise! Arise! young Daly cried
Come join along with me
We'll strike a blow for Liberty
Our regiment will mutiny and support our friends at home.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
And the Colonel stood before his troops
Those men who mutineed
He told them of the honours won
But the men stood in the blazing sun
Saying we'll fight your wars no more
For cannon fodder we had been
For the French at Waterloo at Suvla and Sud Elbar.
We fought your every bloody war
And we'll fight your wars no more.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
Those men got penal servitude
And Daly's condemned to die
Far from his home in Tyrellpass
This young man's died in Ireland's cause
Far from his native land.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
The recruiting sergeant came.
He promised all a future bright
So the brave young men went off to fight
For the Empire and her might.
And many's the Victory they had won
Many the hardships they had seen.
They fought and died, side by side
Their enemies they had defied and for a foreign King.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
While serving in a far off land
The news had come from home
Of a peoples' fate it did relate
Of the Tans and their campaign of hate.
And we're fighting on their side
Arise! Arise! young Daly cried
Come join along with me
We'll strike a blow for Liberty
Our regiment will mutiny and support our friends at home.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
And the Colonel stood before his troops
Those men who mutineed
He told them of the honours won
But the men stood in the blazing sun
Saying we'll fight your wars no more
For cannon fodder we had been
For the French at Waterloo at Suvla and Sud Elbar.
We fought your every bloody war
And we'll fight your wars no more.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
Those men got penal servitude
And Daly's condemned to die
Far from his home in Tyrellpass
This young man's died in Ireland's cause
Far from his native land.
And the drums they were a beating time
While the pipes did loudly play
When Daly died, the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we'll beat the drums no more.
Private James Daly
Private James Daly
