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The Ballad of Tom Archer
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The Irish Rovers
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I'm known by the name of Tom Archer A bold highwayman of renown I was born in the sweet county Antrim In a place they call Ballymena town Me parents they reared me right decent I was schooled in the shoemaking trade But I left there and joined with the Antrim defenders Oh I was a wild sporting blade I rode with young Roddy McCorley We'd a victory at old Randalstown To freedom or hell, we were marching For to break from the chains of the Crown The Unitedmen triеd to free Ireland Bold Emmet, McCracken, Wolfе Tone We were brave men but had not the means or the power To drive out the redcoats alone So I'll ride like the wind 'til they catch me I'll ride like the wind from them all I know that the devil is waiting So I'll ride like the wind 'til I fall I repaired to the green glens of Antrim And I hid with the fox and the hare I plundered the quislings who sold us And I made English gentry beware Stand and deliver I ordered Your money or your life is the fee And which one I take sure it makes little difference To a wild rapparee such as me So I'll ride like the wind 'til they catch me I'll ride like the wind from them all I know that the devil is waiting So I'll ride like the wind 'til I fall For a handful of silver they trapped him Betrayed by a comrade and friend And he died as the brave men before him Deviant and bold to the end Sometimes when the moon's shining brightly And the night's deathly quiet and still Some have seen a ghost rider appear in the moonlight Where they hanged him on top of moat hill So I'll ride like the wind 'til they catch me I'll ride like the wind from them all I know that the devil is waiting So I'll ride like the wind 'til I fall So I'll ride like the wind 'til they catch me I'll ride like the wind from them all I know that the devil is waiting So I'll ride like the wind 'til I fall I'll ride like the wind 'til I fall
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