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<p id="wx2"><b id="wx3">Rifles of the I.R.A.</b> (<i id="wx4"><a href="/wnl/Engels" title="Engels" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Engels" wx:page_id="5465" id="wx5">Engels</a></i> voor <i id="wx6">geweren van het <a href="/wnl/I.R.A." title="I.R.A." wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="I.R.A." wx:page_id="223599" id="wx7">I.R.A.</a></i>) is een Iers verzetslied, vaak gecatalogiseerd onder de <a href="/wnl/Ierse_rebel-muziek" title="Ierse rebel-muziek" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Ierse_rebel-muziek" wx:page_id="166930" id="wx8">Ierse rebel-muziek</a>. De tekst handelt over de Paasopstand en de daaropvolgende strijd tussen het Iers Republikeins Leger (het IRA) en de zogenaamde "<a href="/wnl/Black_and_Tans" title="Black and Tans" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Black_and_Tans" wx:page_id="596797" id="wx9">Black and Tans</a>", zo genoemd naar hun zwart-met-bruine uniform, een soort militie die door de Britten gebruikt werd om de Ierse opstand in de kiem te smoren.</p>

<p id="wx10">De tekst, zoals gezongen door de <a href="/wnl/Wolfe_Tones" title="Wolfe Tones" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Wolfe_Tones" wx:page_id="166772" id="wx11">Wolfe Tones</a> op hun gelijknamige <a href="/wnl/Album" title="Album" wx:linktype="known" wx:pagename="Album" wx:page_id="225388" id="wx12">album</a>, luidt als volgt:</p>

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<p id="wx16">"In 1916, the forces of the Crown,<br id="wx17"/>
for to take the orange white and green<br id="wx18"/>
bombarded Dublin Town<br id="wx19"/>
But in '21, Brittania's sons<br id="wx20"/>
were forced to earn their pay<br id="wx21"/>
When the black and tans<br id="wx22"/>
like lightning ran<br id="wx23"/>
from the rifles of the I.R.A.</p>

<p id="wx24">They burned their way through Munster<br id="wx25"/>
and laid Leinster on the rack<br id="wx26"/>
Through Connaught and through Ulster<br id="wx27"/>
marched the men in brown and black<br id="wx28"/>
They shot down wives and children<br id="wx29"/>
in their own heroic way<br id="wx30"/>
But the black and tans<br id="wx31"/>
like lightning ran<br id="wx32"/>
from the rifles of the I.R.A.</p>

<p id="wx33">They hang young Kevin Barry high<br id="wx34"/>
a lad of eighteen years<br id="wx35"/>
Cork City's flames lit up the sky<br id="wx36"/>
but our brave lads knew no fear<br id="wx37"/>
The Cork brigade with hand-grenades<br id="wx38"/>
in ambush wait and lay<br id="wx39"/>
And the black and tans<br id="wx40"/>
like lightning ran<br id="wx41"/>
from the rifles of the I.R.A.</p>

<p id="wx42">The tans were got, taken out and shot<br id="wx43"/>
by the brave and the valliant few<br id="wx44"/>
Sean Treacy, Denny Lacey<br id="wx45"/>
and Tom Barry's gallant crew<br id="wx46"/>
Though we're not free yet<br id="wx47"/>
we won't forget until our dying day<br id="wx48"/>
How the black and tans<br id="wx49"/>
like lightning ran<br id="wx50"/>
from the rifles of the I.R.A."</p>
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