Freedom's Sons Songtext
von The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

At Easter time Nineteen Sixteen
When flowers bloomed and leaves were green
There dawned a day when freedom′s cry
Called out brave men to fight and die

They were the men with a vision the men with a cause
The men who defied their oppressor's laws
The men who traded their chains for guns
Born into slavery they were freedom′s sons


In Dublin town they fought and died
With Pearse, McDermott and McBride
'Ourselves alone' their battle cry
And freedom sang to the Easter sky

They were the men with a vision the men with a cause
The men who defied their oppressor′s laws
The men who traded their chains for guns
Born into slavery they were freedom′s sons

The poet's dream had sparked a flame
A raging fire it soon became
And from that fire of destiny
There rose a nation proud and free


They were the men with a vision the men with a cause
The men who defied their oppressor′s laws
The men who traded their chains for guns
Born into slavery they were freedom's sons