{"id":1729,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-memory-of-the-dead"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-memory-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-memory-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who fears to speak ok ninety-eight?<br \/>\nWho blushes at the name?<br \/>\nWhen cowards mocked the patriots fate<br \/>\nWho hangs his head, for shame?<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s all a knave or half a slave<br \/>\nWho slights his country thus<br \/>\nBut true men like you men<br \/>\nWill fill your glass with us<\/p>\n<p>We drink the mem&#8217;ry of the brave<br \/>\nThe faithfull and the few<br \/>\nSome lie far off beyond the wave<br \/>\nSome sleep in Ireland too<br \/>\nAnd all are gone but still lives on<br \/>\nThe fame of those who died<br \/>\nAll true men like you men<br \/>\nRemember them with pride<\/p>\n<p>Some on the shores of distant lands<br \/>\nTheir weary hearts are laid<br \/>\nAnd by the stranger&#8217;s heedless hands<br \/>\nTheir lonely graves were made<br \/>\nBut tho&#8217; their clay be far away<br \/>\nBeyond the Atlantic foam<br \/>\nIn true men like you men<br \/>\nTheir spirit&#8217;s still at home<\/p>\n<p>The dust on some is Irish earth<br \/>\nAmong their own they rest<br \/>\nAnd the same dear land that gave them birth<br \/>\nHas caught them to her breast<br \/>\nAnd we will pray that from their clay<br \/>\nFull many a race shall start<br \/>\nOf true men like you men<br \/>\nTo act as brave a part<\/p>\n<p>They rose in dark and evil days<br \/>\nTo right their native land<br \/>\nAnd they kindled here a living blaze<br \/>\nThat nothing shall withstand<br \/>\nAlas that might can vanquish right<br \/>\nThey fell and passed away<br \/>\nBut true men like you men<br \/>\nAre plenty here today<\/p>\n<p>Then here&#8217;s to their memory may it be<br \/>\nTo us a guiding light<br \/>\nTo cheer our strife for liberty<br \/>\nAnd teach us to unite<br \/>\nTho&#8217; good and ill be Ireland still<br \/>\nTho&#8217; sad as theirs your fate<br \/>\nAnd true men like you men<br \/>\nLike those of ninety-eight<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who fears to speak ok ninety-eight? 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