God Save Ireland

'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
 'God save Ireland' said they all
 Whether on the scaffold high
 Or the battlefield we die
 Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall!
 High upon the gallows tree swung the noble-hearted Three
 By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom
 But they met him face to face, with the courage of their race
 And they went with souls undaunted to their doom
 'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
 'God save Ireland' said they all
 Whether on the scaffold high
 Or the battlefield we die
 Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall!
 (Verse Not In the Luke Kelly Collection)
 Girt around with cruel foes, still their courage proudly rose
 For they thought of hearts that loved them for and near
 Of the millions true and brave o'er the ocean's swelling wave
 And the friends in holy Ireland ever dear
 Climbed they up the rugged stair, rang their voices out in prayer
 Then with England's fatal cord around them cast
 Close beside the gallows tree kissed like brothers lovingly
 True to home and faith and freedom to the last
 'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
 'God save Ireland' said they all
 Whether on the scaffold high
 Or the battlefield we die
 Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall!
 Never till the latest day shall the memory pass away
 Of the gallant lives thus given for our land
 But on the cause must go, amidst joy and weal and woe
 Till we make our Isle a nation free and grand
 God save Ireland! said the heroes
 'God save Ireland' said they all
 Whether on the scaffold high
 Or the battlefield we die
 Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall