Kevin Barry - Hank Locklin

作词：Patrick J. Ryan

作曲：Patrick J. Ryan

In Mountjoy jail one Monday morning

High upon the gallows tree

Kevin Barry gave his young life

In the cause of liberty

Just a lad of eighteen summers

Yet no one can deny

As he walked to death that morning

Proudly held his head up high

Proudly held his head up high

Just before he faced the hangman

In his dreary prison cell

French soldiers tortured Barry

Just because he would not tell

The name of his brave companions

And things they wished to know

An informer or we'll kill you

Kevin Barry answered no

Kevin Barry answered no

Calmly standing to attention

While he bade his last farewell

To his broken hearted mother

Whose grief no one can tell

For the cause he proudly cherished

This sad parting had to be

Then to death he walked softly smiling

That old Ireland might be free

Then to death he walked softly smiling

That old Ireland might be free