[Verse 1]
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Well you've heard about the Indians with their tommyhawks and spears
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And of the U.N. warriors the heroes of recent years
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Also I might mention the British Grenadiers
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Well none of them were in it but the Dublin Fusiliers.
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You've heard about the Light Brigade and of the deeds they've done,
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And of the other regiments that many vic'tries won
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But the pride of all the armies Dragoons and Carabiniers
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Was that noble band of Warriors, the Dublin Fusiliers.
[Chorus]
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With your left foot and right about face this is the way we go
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Charging with fixed bayonets the terror of every foe.
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A glory to old Ireland as proud as buccaneers
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And a terror to creation are the Dublin Fusiliers.
[Verse 2]
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Well you've heard about the wars between the Russians and the Brits.
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The Tsar' one day was reading an old copy of 'Titbits'
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And when the General came to him and threw himself down in tears
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'We'd better run back like blazes, here's the Dublin Fusiliers.'
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The Tsar' commenced to tremble and he bit his underlip..
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Begorra boys, says he, I think we better take the tip
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The devil's come from Dublin and to judge from what I hears
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They're demons of militia men, the Dublin Fusiliers.
[Chorus]
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With your left foot and right about face this is the way we go
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Charging with fixed bayonets the terror of every foe.
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A glory to old Ireland as proud as buccaneers
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And a terror to creation are the Dublin Fusiliers.
[Verse 3]
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Well the sergeant cried, 'Get ready lads, lay down each sword and gun,
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Take off you shoes and stockings boys, and when I tell youse, run.
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They didn't stop but started and amidst three ringing cheers,
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Came a shower of bricks and bullets from the Dublin Fusiliers.
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The time that Julius Caesar tried to land down at Ringsend
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The coastguards couldn't stop them, so for the Dublins they did send,
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And, just as they were landing, lads, we heard three ringing cheers:
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'Get back to Rome like blazes here's the Dublin Fusiliers.
[Chorus]
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With your left foot and right about face this is the way we go
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Charging with fixed bayonets the terror of every foe.
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A glory to old Ireland as proud as buccaneers
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And a terror to creation are the Dublin Fusiliers.