[Verse 1]
From rebel veins my life I knew
In rebel arms I lay
From rebel lips the lessons drew
That lead me day by day
And rocked to rest on a rebel breast
Nursed on a rebel knee
There woke and grew, for weal or rue
A rebel heart in me
[Chorus]
A rebel heart, a rebel heart
From taint of thralldom free
God prosper still through good or ill
This rebel heart in me
[Verse 2]
I read my country's chequered page
I've sang her deathless songs
I've learned her woes from age to age
I've burned to right the wrongs
And when I saw that to alien law
She never bent her knee
Then prouder yet for Ireland beats
This rebel heart in me
[Chorus]
A rebel heart, a rebel heart
From taint of thralldom free
God prosper still through good or ill
This rebel heart in me