At the Siege of Limerick, Patrick Sarsfield won the day
But the Irish, they were cheated when his army went away
Queen Anne and her successors forced on us those Penal Laws
Denying the rights and liberty of religion, land and property!

[Chorus]
Murder, plunder Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Ducking, divin', Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Diddly-idel-doh, diddly-idel-day

Then came the three mad Georges and they had us nearly fooled
They couldn't speak the lingo of the countries that they ruled
Puppets of ascendancy, they kept the Irish down
And the rebels and the Whiteboys had their army on the run!

[Chorus 2]
And you'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do
You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again
You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end
You know, you should have known: you'll never beat the Irish

That famine Queen, Victoria came to rule us by and by
She was on the throne so bloody long, we thought she'd never die!
She presided over hunger, famine, poverty and disease
She drove the people from their home
To their death or to the land beyond the sea!
[Chorus]
Murder, plunder Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Ducking, divin', Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Diddly-idel-doh, diddly-idel-day

All across the nineteenth century, fought oppression with great zeal
O'Connell spoke his blarney for emancipation and repeal
Young Ireland and the Fenians tried the dynamite and the gun
Parnell, the men of Sixteen died, then Michael Collins had 'em on the run!

[Chorus 2]
And you'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do
You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again
You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end
You know, you should have known: you'll never beat the Irish

[Chorus]
Murder, plunder Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Ducking, divin', Faugh a Ballagh, clear the way
Diddly-idel-doh, diddly-idel-day