The[D] struggle is[G] over the[D] boys were de[A7]feated Old[D] Ireland sur[A7]rounded by[D] sadness and[G] gloom We[D] were de[A7]feated and[D] shamefully[A7] treated And[D] I Robert[G] Emmet a[A7]waiting my[D] doom [D]Bold Robert [G]Emmet the [D]darling of [A7]Erin [D]Bold Robert [A7]Emmet he'll [D]die with a [G]smile [D]Farewell com[A7]panions both [D]loyal and [A7]daring I'll [D]lay down my [G]life for the [A7]Emerald [D]Isle Hung drawn and quartered sure that was my sentence But soon I will show them no coward am I My crime was the love of a land I was born A hero I lived and a hero I'll die I was arrested and cased into prison Tried as a traitor a rebel a spy But no one can call me a knave or a coward For a hero I lived and a hero I'll die Hark the bells tolling I well know the meaning My poor heart tells me it is my death knell In come the clergy the warden is leading I have no friends here to bid me farewell So good bye to old Ireland my parents and sweetheart Companions in arms to forget you must try I was proud of the honour it was only my duty A hero I lived and a hero I'll die. Erin, mo mhuirnin, my love and my country! Ireland, my Ireland, though dead I shall be Hear now the words of my final oration: Write me no epitaph 'til my country is free!.