[Verse 1]
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Let me tell you a tale of those brave Irish boys
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Of the Sixth Louisian'
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From New Orleans to Richmond and back a-gain
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They fought and died for all Dixieland
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Led by young Henry Strong who at Sharpsburg fell
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He was proud and Irish born
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And then bold Colonel Billy Monaghan
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He Gave his life at Shepardstown
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They were Irish born
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They were heroes all
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Behind the flag of Louisian'
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From New Orleans to Richmond and back a-gain
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The fighting Tigers of Ire-land
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[Verse 3]
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Now when old Billy Monaghan sounded the call
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Back in eighteen sixty one
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Every Irish lad joined him one and all
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To keep those Yankees back in Washington
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They were Irish born
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They were heroes all
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Behind the flag of Louisian'
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From New Orleans to Richmond and back a-gain
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The fighting Tigers of Ire-land
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[Verse 4]
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At Port Republic and Bristoe and Fredricksburg
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Many valiant and good men gone
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They fought with honor and courage at Gettysburg
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And the gates of Washington
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They followed Jackson and Early and Master Lee
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And the fiercest in all the land
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On this old Marshall Robert and Grant agreed
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Were the men of the sixth Louisian'
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They were Irish born
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They were heroes all
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Behind the flag of Louisian'
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From New Orleans to Richmond and back a-gain
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The fighting Tigers of Ire-land
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The fighting Tigers of Ire-land