Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
They hung Wallace high of the gallows and cut down ere he was dead
And as he choked the Queen jeered for daring to cross English Ted
His heart and his liver were savaged as her majesty watched the glad scene
His head was cut off, he was quartered ’twas an afternoon fit for a Queen
Chorus:
They murdered the Wallace for treason
His body has long since decayed
But no English crown can destroy him
For Wallace is with us today, Aye Wallace is with us today
He took up his sword against England; the cowardly Sassenach ran
He beat them at Falkirk and Stirling and burned them like rats from our land
King Edward of England was raging that Scotland was free once again
The Scottish Republican Army had wiped out his best fighting men
Chorus
William the Wallace fought bravely no Englishman could him defeat
But English gold brought Scottish quislings and he was betrayed by Mentieth
With a crown made of thorns he was tortured for setting his own country free
How am I a traitor cried Wallace when England is foreign to me
Chorus
In Edinburgh, Stirling and Falkirk from Inverness to Elderslie
His spirit is calling for justice and commands to set ourselves free
So when once again we do battle let the broadswords and English bows hum
With no fear of betrayal to the Saxon let them come, let them come, let them come
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