Take It Down from the Mast

Take It Down from the Mast zo ur ganaouenn saoznek eus Iwerzhon, savet gant Dominic Behan (1928-1989) er bloavezhioù 1950. Ur ganaouenn bolitikel hag istorel eo.

An ton a denn un tamm d'ar ganaouenn stadunanat Red River Valley.

Ar ganaouenn

Er ganaouenn e c'houlenn ar barzh digant an dreitourien "diskenn ar banniel diouzh ar wern" : kaoz zo eus ar banniel republikan triliv iwerzhonat a vije bet "trubardet" gant aduidi ar Feur-emglev saoz-iwerzhonat hag ar Free State (ar Stad dizalc'h), pa'z eo arouez Republik Iwerzhon ; ur ganaouenn republikan eo eta, savet a-enep Stad Iwerzhon.

Liam Ó Maoilíosa

Ruairí Ó Conchubhair

Richard Barrett

Joe McKelvey

You have murdered our brave Liam and Rory
You have butchered young Richard and Joe
And your hands with their blood are still gory
Fulfilling the work of the foe.

Diskan :
So take it down from the mast, Irish traitors,
It's the flag we Republicans claim.
It can never belong to Free Staters,
For you've brought on it nothing but shame.

Then leave it to those who are willing
To uphold it in war and in peace,
To those men who intend to do killing
Until England's tyranny cease.

(Diskan)

We'll stand by Enright and Larkin
With Daly and Sullivan the bold
And we'll break down the English connection
And bring back the nation you sold.

(Diskan)

You sold out the Six Counties for your freedom
When we have given you McCracken and Wolfe Tone
And brave Ulstermen have fought for you in Dublin
Now you watch as we fight on alone.

(Diskan)

And up in Ulster we're fighting on for freedom114
For our people they yearn to be free
You executed those men who fought for us
With a hangman from over the sea.

(Diskan)
(Adkanañ ar poz kentañ)
(Diskan)

Liammoù diavaez

• Audio file (ram)
• (en) Dominic Behan o kanañ.