Willie Redmond's Volunteers

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

Willie Redmond's Volunteers Written by Ross MacManus & Ronan MacManus Performed by The BibleCode Sundays feat. Elvis Costello, Ross MacManus, Ruairi MacManus, Kieran MacManus & Liam MacManus Produced by Michael Smith Musicians Ronan MacManus - vocal, guitar Elvis Costello - vocal Ruairi MacManus - vocal Kieran MacManus - vocal Liam MacManus - vocal Ross MacManus - narration Enda Mulloy - bass guitar, vocal Andy Nolan - accordion, whistle Kian Chanter - electric guitar, vocal Patrick Franklin - fiddle Carlton Hunt - drums Pat Cassidy - mandolin Released September 29, 2017 Albums The BibleCode Sundays: Walk Like Kings, 2017 Length 4:37 First known performance:      (0 known performances)

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