David Rovics《Saint Patrick Battalion》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.34]Saint Patrick Battalion - David Rovics [00:27.58]My name is john Riley [00:29.96]I'll have your ear only a while [00:33.25]I left my dear home in Ireland [00:36.35]It was death starvation or exile [00:40.92]And when I got to America [00:43.33]It was my duty to go [00:47.16]Enter the army and slog across Texas [00:49.95]To join in the war against Mexico [00:55.30]It was there in the pueblos and hillsides [00:58.87]That I saw the mistake I had made [01:02.77]Part of a conquering army [01:05.52]With the morals of a bayonet blade [01:08.95]So in the midst of these poor dying Catholics [01:12.11]Screaming children the burning stench of it all [01:15.89]Myself and two hundred Irishmen [01:19.44]Decided to rise to the call [01:22.32]From Dublin city to San Diego [01:26.76]We witnessed freedom denied [01:29.65]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [01:32.87]And we fought on the Mexican side [01:36.84]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [01:39.65]And we fought on the Mexican side [01:45.37]We marched 'neath the green flag of saint Patrick [01:48.81]Emblazoned with Erin go Bragg [01:52.61]Bright with the harp and the shamrock [01:55.27]And libertad para Mexicali [01:59.08]Just fifty years after wolf tone [02:02.30]Five thousand miles away [02:05.10]The yanks called us a legion of strangers [02:08.61]And they can talk as they may [02:11.28]From Dublin city to San Diego [02:16.16]We witnessed freedom denied [02:19.01]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [02:22.16]And we fought on the Mexican side [02:25.91]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [02:28.74]And we fought on the Mexican side [02:34.48]We fought them in matamoros [02:37.57]Where their volunteers were raping the nuns [02:41.06]In monterey and cerro gordo [02:44.11]We fought on as Ireland's sons [02:47.53]We were the red headed fighters for freedom [02:50.78]Amidst these brown skinned women and men [02:53.83]Side by side we fought against Tyranny [02:57.88]And I daresay we'd do it again [03:01.07]From Dublin city to San Diego [03:05.50]We witnessed freedom denied [03:08.55]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [03:11.72]And we fought on the Mexican side [03:15.43]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [03:18.58]And we fought on the Mexican side [04:09.80]We fought them in five major battles [04:13.21]Churobusco was the last [04:16.25]Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston [04:19.70]We fell after each mortar blast [04:23.56]Most of us died on that hillside [04:26.35]In the service of the Mexican state [04:29.69]So far from our occupied homeland [04:33.16]We were heroes and victims of fate [04:36.45]From Dublin city to San Diego [04:40.87]We witnessed freedom denied [04:43.82]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [04:47.06]And we fought on the Mexican side [04:50.48]From Dublin city to San Diego [04:54.91]We witnessed freedom denied [04:57.77]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [05:00.92]And we fought on the Mexican side [05:05.09]So we formed the saint Patrick battalion [05:08.08]And we fought on the Mexican side