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1. German War Song

   

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   German War Song

   i
   The German nation has grown impatient
   Their war declaration to the world have thrown
   In their consternation and detestation
   To know what monarch should rule the throne.

   ii
   Out spoke the Kaizer by Julius Caezar
   I'll rule this world from North to South
   I'll invade each nation with desecration
   And spread desolation in every rout

   iii
   But little Belgium who like lions held them
   Till Great Britain woud send them across the mmain
   Some brave Highlanders under great commanders
   To the field of Flanders to break the chain

   iv
   And little Ireland our little sireland
   Joined in the fireland their coours flying
   Their sons are manning a blazin' cannon
   From the river Shannon to the valley Rhine

   v
   Oh where is the sergeant, my case is urgent
   I'm a Wexford insurgent but I am no poet
   Give me an Enfield blazer, till I plug the Kaizer
   Or a halfpenny razor until I cut my troath

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Garryduff, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Martin Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Dunmain, Co. Wexford