Connaught Rangers

To the tiny homesteads of the west
The recruiting sergeant came
He promised all a future bright
So the brave men went off to fight
For the Empire and her laws
And many′s a victory they had won
Many hardships they had seen
They fought and died side by side
Their enemies they had defied
And for a foreign king
The drums they were a-beating time
While the pipes they loudly played
When Daly died the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we beat the drums no more
While serving in a far-off land
The news had come from home
Of our people's fate it did relate
Of the Tans and their campaign of hate
And we′re fighting on the side
Arise, arise, young Daly cried
Come join along with me
We'll strike a blow for liberty
A regimental mutiny
In support of friends at home
The drums they were a-beating time
While the pipes they loudly played
When Daly died the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we beat the drums no more
And the colonel stood before his troops
Those men who mutinied
He told them of those honors won
But the men stood in the blazing sun
Saying we'll fight your war no more
For cannon fodder we had been
For the French at Waterloo
At Suvla′s side and Sud El-Bar
We fought your every bloody war
And we′ll fight your war no more
The drums they were a-beating time
While the pipes they loudly played
When Daly died the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we beat the drums no more
Those men got penal servitude
And Daly's condemned to die
Far from his home in Tyrrell Pass
This young man′s died in Ireland's cause
Far from his native land
The drums they were a-beating time
While the pipes they loudly played
When Daly died the drums did beat
That morning in the Dagshai heat
Now we beat the drums no more