The sun was shinning brightly the sky larks soared above
Their songs were drifting sweetly across the fields of waving corn
Where our Irish boys were lying some sleeping on the ground
Dreaming of their loved ones in far off distant towns
Welcome waves the corn me boys the battle has begun
Welcome waves the corn me boys the battle hymn is sung
Onward Christian soldiers onward now we go
Liberty and freedom our children they must know
On that July morning many brave men fell
As they marched into battle into that smoldering hell
But still they kept on going not a man did flinch
For peace to give their children they would not move an inch
And now as I stand at Belfast's City Hall
I think about those men who died at the Somme
The peace that was hard fought for it slowly fades away
Please God to our country bring a new and peaceful day
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