[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Rovics
[00:00.578]My name is John Riley
[00:04.533]I'll have your ear only a while
[00:08.913]But now first, I left my home in old Ireland
[00:13.732]It was death, starvation or exile
[00:18.710]And when I came to America
[00:22.657]It was my duty to go
[00:26.960]Enter the Army and slog across Texas
[00:31.572]To join in the war against Mexico
[00:38.256]It was there in the pueblos and hillsides
[00:42.804]That I saw the mistake I had made
[00:47.342]I was part of a conquering army
[00:52.008]With the morals of a bayonet blade
[00:56.447]And in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics
[01:00.561]Screaming children, the burning stench of it all
[01:04.979]Myself and two hundred Irishmen
[01:09.610]We decided to rise to the call
[01:12.644]But from Dublin City to San Diego
[01:18.396]We witnessed freedom denied
[01:22.800]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[01:27.362]And we fought on the Mexican side
[01:32.001]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[01:36.737]And we fought on the Mexican side
[01:43.506]We fought 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick
[01:47.972]Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"
[01:52.987]Bright with the harp and the shamrock
[01:57.002]And "Libertad para Mexicana"
[02:01.773]Just fifty years after Wolftone
[02:06.158]Five thousand miles away
[02:10.489]The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers
[02:14.896]And they can talk as they may
[02:18.149]But from Dublin City to San Diego
[02:24.086]We witnessed freedom denied
[02:27.929]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[02:32.492]And we fought on the Mexican side
[02:37.054]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[02:41.545]And we fought on the Mexican side
[02:48.714]We fought them in Matamoros
[02:53.362]While their volunteers were raping the nuns
[02:57.885]And in Monterey and Cerro Gordo
[03:02.272]Where we fought them as Ireland's sons
[03:06.651]We were the red-headed fighters for freedom
[03:10.995]Amidst these brown-skinned women and men
[03:15.312]Side by side we fought against tyranny
[03:20.136]And I daresay we'd do it again
[03:22.811]But from Dublin City to San Diego
[03:29.239]We witnessed freedom denied
[03:33.373]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[03:38.259]And we fought on the Mexican side
[03:42.496]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[03:46.896]And we fought on the Mexican side
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[04:29.147]From Dublin City to San Diego
[04:34.332]We witnessed freedom denied
[04:38.631]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[04:43.170]And we fought on the Mexican side
[04:47.561]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[04:51.918]And we fought on the Mexican side
[04:59.278]We fought them in five major battles
[05:03.524]Churobusco was the last
[05:08.354]Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston
[05:12.820]We fell after each mortar blast
[05:17.575]Most of us died on that hillside
[05:21.293]In the service of the Mexican state
[05:26.292]Far away from our occupied homeland
[05:30.454]We were heroes and victims of fate
[05:33.948]From Dublin City to San Diego
[05:39.576]We witnessed freedom denied
[05:43.698]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[05:48.018]And we fought on the Mexican side
[05:52.724]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[05:57.016]And we fought on the Mexican side
[06:04.635]From Dublin City to San Diego
[06:08.988]We witnessed freedom denied
[06:12.842]So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[06:17.847]And we fought on the Mexican side
[06:21.934]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[06:26.556]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[06:30.881]Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
[06:36.180]And we fought on the Mexican side

作曲 : David Rovics
My name is John Riley
I'll have your ear only a while
But now first, I left my home in old Ireland
It was death, starvation or exile
And when I came to America
It was my duty to go
Enter the Army and slog across Texas
To join in the war against Mexico
It was there in the pueblos and hillsides
That I saw the mistake I had made
I was part of a conquering army
With the morals of a bayonet blade
And in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics
Screaming children, the burning stench of it all
Myself and two hundred Irishmen
We decided to rise to the call
But from Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
We fought 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick
Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"
Bright with the harp and the shamrock
And "Libertad para Mexicana"
Just fifty years after Wolftone
Five thousand miles away
The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers
And they can talk as they may
But from Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
We fought them in Matamoros
While their volunteers were raping the nuns
And in Monterey and Cerro Gordo
Where we fought them as Ireland's sons
We were the red-headed fighters for freedom
Amidst these brown-skinned women and men
Side by side we fought against tyranny
And I daresay we'd do it again
But from Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
~~~
From Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
We fought them in five major battles
Churobusco was the last
Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston
We fell after each mortar blast
Most of us died on that hillside
In the service of the Mexican state
Far away from our occupied homeland
We were heroes and victims of fate
From Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
From Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
Yes we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side