Lonely Woods of Upton

[Verse 1]
Many homes are filled sorrow and with sadness
Many hearts are filled with anguish and with pain
And old Ireland now she hangs her head in mourning
For the men who died at Upton for Sinn Féin

[Chorus]
Let the moon shine out tonight along the valley
Where those lads who fought for freedom now are laid
May they rest in peace, those men who died for Ireland
And who fell at Upton ambush for Sinn Féin

[Verse 2]
Some were thinking of their mothers, wives and sweethearts
More were thinking of their dear old Irish homes
Did they think of how they drilled along the valley?
When they marched out from Cork City to their doom

[Chorus]
Let the moon shine out tonight along the valley
Where those lads who fought for freedom now are laid
May they rest in peace, those men who died for Ireland
And who fell at Upton ambush for Sinn Féin

[Verse 3]
The warning cry rang out: "Fix your bayonnets"
And quite gallantly they fixed them for the fray
Gallantly they fought and died for dear old Ireland
In the lonely woods of Upton far away

[Chorus]
Let the moon shine out tonight along the valley
Where those lads who fought for freedom now are laid
May they rest in peace, those men who died for Ireland
And who fell at Upton ambush for Sinn Féin