Bold Robert Emmet lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics Bold Robert Emmet lyrics Bold Robert Emmet The struggle is over, the boys are defeated,  Old Ireland s surrounded with sadness and gloom, We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated,  And I, Robert Emmet, awaiting my doom. Hung, drawn and quartered, sure that was my sentence,  But soon I will show them no coward am I. My crime is the love of the land I was born in,  A hero I lived and a hero I ll die. chorus:   Bold Robert Emmet, the darling of Ireland,           Bold Robert Emmet will die with a smile,           Farewell companions both loyal and daring,           I ll lay down my life for the Emerald Isle. The barque lay at anchor awaiting to bring me  Over the billows to the land of the free; But I must see my sweetheart for I know she will cheer me, And with her I will sail far over the sea. But I was arrested and cast into prison, Tried as a traitor, a rebel, a spy; But no man can call me a knave or a coward, A hero I lived and a hero I ll die. chorus: Hark! I the bell s tolling, I well know its meaning, My poor heart tells me it is my death knell; In come the clergy, the warder is leading, I have no friends here to bid me farewell. Goodbye, old Ireland, my parents and sweetheart, Companions in arms to forget you must try; I am proud of the honour, it was only my duty- A hero I lived and a hero I ll die. chorus: From Irish Songs of Resistance, Galvin Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys filename[ ROBTEMMT play.exe ROBTEMMT RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY=== song lyrics