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The Dying Rebel
Because the colours green and gold from the Green Flag were solidly established as national colours there was some dispute regarding the colours of the national flag. The correct colours are green, white and orange (thus not green, white and gold as mentioned in the second verse).
The harp and the shamrock are also national symbols.
There is an extremely nice instrumental version of The Dying Rebel recorded by Éire Óg.
The Dying Rebel
| Title: The Dying Rebel |
| Author unknown |
| Recorded by: Athenrye, Éire Óg, The Irish Brigade, The Merry Ploughboys, Pádraig Mór, Terry 'Cruncher' O'Neill, Shamrog, Shebeen, The Spirit of Freedom, The Wolfe Tones and The Wolfhound |
| Category: Easter Rising |
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The night was dark and the fight was over
The moon shone down O'Connell Street
I stood alone where brave men perished
Those men have gone to their God to meet
My only son was shot in Dublin;
Fighting for his country bold
He fought for Ireland and Ireland only
The harp, the shamrock, green white and gold
The first I met was a grey-haired father
Searching for his only son
I said "Old man, there's no use searching
For up to heaven you son has gone"
The old man cried out broken-hearted;
Bending o'er I heard him say
I knew my son was too kind-hearted
I knew my son would never yield
The last I met was a dying rebel
Bending low I heard him say
"God bless my home in dear Cork city
God bless the cause for which I die"