Faugh-A-Ballagh / Clear The Way

Their roots run deep to sixteen eighty-eight
Defending Enniskillen from the tyrant James
Two Regiments raised from those volunteers
The Dragoons on horse and the foot Fusiliers

In Williams army they fought to victory
Saved him at the Boyne to cement history

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen will win the day
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way

They defeated the French in Canada
Got there first battle honour in Havana
Held Wellingtons centre line at Waterloo
As the cavalry charged at Napoleon who

At Crimea they formed the Heavy Brigade
Against the Boers came the highest accolade

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen will never sway
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way

They fought gallantly on the Western front
At the Somme where they bore the brunt
Over two thousand dead on the very first day
As they fought the furthest clearing the way

Against the Turks in Gallipoli a disastrous campaign
But in Jerusalem they finally reigned

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen will not betray
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way

They evacuated from Dunkirk to avoid captivity
Captured Tunis then onto Sicily and Italy
They fought in Burma against the Japanese
Decimated imprisoned and dead from disease

Bid farewell to the horse for battle tanks
Crossed France Holland Belgium and the Rhine banks

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen will don berets
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way

From West Germany and Cold War Berlin
They fought the land of rocket man Kim
Then a big amalgamation in sixty-eight
Royal Irish Rangers for over two-decades

Then to defend our land the UDR grew
To the Royal Irish Regiment in ninety-two

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen stood in the darkest days
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way

They defeated the terrorists on Ulster soil
So to faraway lands they were deployed
In Iraq a famous speech from the Collins boss
For gallantry in Afghan received Military Crosses

Over three hundred years of British military service
To defend Ulster they helped preserve us

Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way
The Ulstermen are here to stay
They'll defend their land home or away
Faugh-a-Ballagh
Clear the Way