St. Patricio’s Battalion

from Alcohol is a Cheap Perfume by Wannabe Texans

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Captain John 'Reilly
was handsome and smiling
but he'd had enough of lying for the Yanks
so he took off with his men
out of Texas and down in
to Mexico to be hung by the neck

It weren't the señoritas
or lots of cheap tequila
that sent these Irishmen to meet their death
It was something in their blood
that couldn't stand the shoves
of injustice on a nation of free men

St. Patricio's battalion chose to fight their own damn battles
and not fight another dirty U.S. war
they said we're Irishmen who know
that ¡Viva Mexico! is an echo of the cry Free Ireland!

Patrick and Enrique
disgusted, down and bleeding
united and took aim at Uncle Sam
it was a matter of their feeling
but the bullets kept on ringing
and they died there on the burning desert sand

General Winfred Scott
with a medal on his heart
said I'll make these rebels pay unto the end
so in Chapultepec
he hung the rebels by the neck
that's why today old Texas isn't Mex

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from Alcohol is a Cheap Perfume, released January 1, 1990
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