THE IRISH BRIGADE

Listen all ye that hold communion With Southern Confederates who are bold, And I will tell you of some men for the Union Who in northern ranks were enrolled; They came to Missouri in their glory And thought at their might we’d be dismayed; But they soon had a different story When they met Kelly’s Irish Brigade. CHORUS: When they met with the Irish Brigade me boys When they met with the Irish Brigade Didn’t those cowardly Lincolnites tremble When they met with the Irish Brigade.