Up with halberd, out with sword. Follow Me Up to Carlow Fiach Mac Hugh O’Byrne Story explained Fiach MacHugh has given the word Battle of Glenmalure Follow Me up to Carlow Videos check amazon for Follow Me Up To Carlow mp3 download these lyrics are submitted by mxm4 browse other artists under H:H2 H3 H4 Songwriter(s): Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Darren Holden, Martin Furey Record Label(s): 2016 Celtic Collections Official lyrics by Curse and swear Lord Kildare, Fiach will do what Fiach will dare Now FitzWilliam, have a care Fallen is your star, low. Roosters of the fighting stock. You're brooding o'er you're old disgrace. Follow Me Up to Carlow Lyrics. Follow Me Up To Carlow describes the events of the Second Desmond Rebellion in 1580 celebrating the defeat of an army of 3,000 English soldiers led by Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne at the Battle of Glenmalure. Up with halberd out with sword On we'll go for by the lord Feach MacHugh has given the word, Follow me up to Carlow. Now from Tassagart to Clonmore, there flows a stream of Saxon gore And great is Rory Og OMore Beneath O'Byrne's banners. Follow me up to Carlow. Lift MacCahir Og your face, brooding o'er the old disgrace when Black Fitzwilliam stormed your place and drove you to the fern.

Fly up and teach him manners! It’s often described as being about the victory of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne at the Battle of Glenmalure in 1580, but a close examination of the lyrics show that there’s more to it than that.
Lyrics to 'Follow Me Up to Carlow' by The High Kings. Fly up and we'll teach him manners. He sent you to the Fern. Lyrics to 'Follow Me Up To Carlow' by Scythian. See the swords of Glen Imayle, flashing o’er the English Pale See all the children of the Gael, beneath O’Byrne’s banners Rooster of a fighting stock, would you let a Saxon cock Crow out upon an Irish rock, fly up and teach him manners.

That black FitzWilliam stormed your place. See all the children of the Gael. Fiach MacHugh has given the word. Follow Me Up To Carlow Lyrics: Lift, McCahir Og, your face / Still brooding over the old disgrace?

On we'll go for by the lord. See the swords of Glen Imayle. Up with halberd out with sword On we'll go for by the lord Fiach MacHugh has given the word, Follow me up to Carlow. They're flashing over the English pale. Curse and swear Lord Kildare, Fiach will do what Fiach will dare Now FitzWilliam, have a care Fallen is your star, low. Lift MacCahir Og your face. From Saggart to Clonmore, there flows a … Lift Mac Cahir Òg your face Broodin' o'er the old disgrace That Black Fitzwilliam stormed your place And drove you to the fern Gray said victory was sure Although the sheet music is in the key of Am, I have set the tin whistle notes to be played on a D whistle. Up with halberd out with sword On we'll go for by the lord Fiach MacHugh has given the word, Follow me up to Carlow. Follow me up to Carlow. Follow me up to Carlow. Follow me up to[Dm] Carlow. Curse and swear Lord Kildare, Fiach will do what Fiach will dare Now Fitzwilliam have a care, fallen is your star low Up with Halberd out with sword, on we'll go for by the Lord Fiach MacHugh has given his word. Follow Me Up to Carlow Fiach Mac Hugh O’Byrne Fiach MacHugh has given the word Battle of Glenmalure Follow Me up to Carlow Videos Lyrics and chords. The lyrics to Follow Me Up to Carlow were written by P J McCall in the late 19th century – a good 200 years after the events the song describes. Grey said victory was sure soon the firebrand he'd secure Til he met at Glenmalure with Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne