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Brave men of the 16th div
Very few of them would live
Their young gallant lives were squandered
On the muddy fields of Flanders
But a handful of these men
Would ever see threescore and 10
Willie Redmond's volunteers
They came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond's volunteers
They came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond's volunteers came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond told his men
We can all be free again
If we take up another's cause
Independence can be yours
As blood spilled on the foreign ground
The Rising sought to free our town
Willie Redmond's volunteers
They came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond's volunteers
They came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond's volunteers came home to bitter tears
In guillemont a Celtic cross
Tells a tale of tragic loss
It tells of honour and of glory
Reality's a different story
At ginchy and bullecourt
An awful lesson there was taught
Shot and shell created hell
For Redmond's Volunteers
Willie Redmond's volunteers
They came home to bitter tears
Willie Redmond's volunteers came home to bitter tears
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