The Tri Coloured Ribbon lyrics
The Wolfe TonesI had a true love if ever a girl had one
I had a true love a brave lad was he
One fine Easter Monday with his gallant comrades
He started away for to make Ireland free
For all around my hat I wear a tri-coloured ribbon, oh
All around my hat until death comes to me
And if anybody's asking me why do I wear it
It's all for my own true love I never more will see
He whispered "Goodbye love, old Ireland is calling
High over Dublin our Tri-colour flies
In the streets of the city the foe man is falling
And wee birds are whistling "Old Ireland arise"
For all around my hat I wear a tri-coloured ribbon, oh
All around my hat until death comes to me
And if anybody's asking me why do I wear it
It's all for my own true love I never more will see
In praying and watching the dark hours passed over
The roar of the guns brought no message to me
I prayed for Old Ireland, I prayed for my lover
That he might be safe and Old Ireland be free
For all around my hat I wear a tri-coloured ribbon, oh
All around my hat until death comes to me
And if anybody's asking me why do I wear it
It's all for my own true love I never more will see
The struggle was ended, they brought me the story
The last whispered message he sent unto me
"I was true to my land, love, I fought for her glory
And gave up my life for to make Ireland free"
For all around my hat I wear a tri-coloured ribbon, oh
All around my hat until death comes to me
And if anybody's asking me why do I wear it
It's all for my own true love I never more will see
Song Details
Author: Unknown - Early 19th century song of English origins named All Around My Hat - sometimes referred to as Green Willow.
This version on of the song is an adaptation by Peadar Kearney - Irish Republican and composer of many rebel songs.
Brief: A republican lass swears to wear the Irish tri-colour in her hat in remembrance of a lover who died in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Category: Irish Rebel Song
Covers: Antoinette Cruise, The Druids, Tom Sweeney, Her Pillow, Peg Clancy Power..
Album by The Wolfe Tones - Up the Rebels (Jan 01, 1999).
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