The Rising of the Moon

"The Rising of the Moon" is a famous Irish ballad written by John Keegan 'Leo' Casey (1846-70), the "Fenian Poet".

And come, tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so?
"Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen", and his cheeks were all aglow,
"I bear orders from the captain:- get you ready quick and soon
For the pikes must be together by the rising of the moon"
By the rising of the moon, by the rising of the moon,
For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon

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