A Terrible Moment is Past

Wire-eyed and serious;
Awaking to the dawn :
A terrible moment is past -

It's time for poor Johnny
to leave his wife and home :
A terrible moment is past -

To defend poor Ireland
from Britain and the crown!
A terrible moment is past!

Steel creeping through the night ;
Britainia goes not unseen by dreaming eyes :
A terrible moment is past!

Visions of a Nation!
Our own Emerald Isle :
A terrible moment is past!

Fallen is the father;
Slain in bloody fray :
A terrible moment is past!

For each man left beaten
on the banks of the Quay!
A terrible moment is past!

For every one of Johnny,
a hundred more renowned :
A terrible moment is past!

Childr'n that have picked up
themselves from the floor :
A terrible moment is past!

Declaring there a limit --
that bears no more :
A terrible moment is past!
A terrible moment is past!