One day in June

I ascended Vinegar Hill

Near the town of Enniscorthy

As the sun was standing still

I joined a rebel band

20,000 people strong

And there we took a final stand to right what had been wrong

Our guns were gone

So we had to fight with pikes

As the Yoemen gathered round the hill

We made two daring strikes

Led by a great man

Father Murphy of Boulavogue

Alas we could not break the line

Our freedom was on hold

Oh we live to fight another day

Oh and drive that foreign king away

Oh we live to fight another day

The world is all before us

The world is waiting still

For resumption of the chorus

At Vinegar Hill

Oh we live to fight another day

Oh and drive that foreign king away

Oh we live to fight another day

The world is all before us

The world is waiting still

For resumption of the chorus

At Vinegar Hill