歌词
Come all you young rebels and list while I sing
请上前来，年轻的反抗军们，听听我这首歌
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing
对我们祖国的热爱可是件麻烦的事
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame
它能以烈火之速将恐惧驱赶
And it makes us all part of the patriot game
它让我们义无反顾地投身于这场爱国游戏
My name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone sixteen
我名叫欧汉伦，那年我刚到十六岁
My home is Monaghan where I was weaned
我的家乡在莫纳罕，那个哺育我的地方
I've learned all of my life cruel England to blame
我意识到英格兰的暴行使我们的生活充满痛苦
And so I am part of the patriot game
于是我决定投身于这场爱国游戏
It's barely two years since I wandered away
我已离家漂泊有两年之久
With a local battalion of the bold IRA
与我作伴的是无畏的共和军战士
I've read of our heroes and I wanted the same
我知晓了英雄们的事迹，而我想要与他们一道
Just to play my own part in the patriot game
发誓要在这场爱国游戏中身体力行
This island of ours has for long been half free
长久以来，我们这座岛屿只得到一半的解放
Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny
六个郡仍然处于约翰牛的铁蹄之下
So I gave up my boyhood to drill and to train
所以我放弃了美好的童年去参加行动和训练
And to play my own part in the patriot game
为了能在这场爱国游戏中以身作则
And now as I lie here my body all holes
现在我已倒在地上，躯体布满弹孔
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold
我想起那些叛徒，他们拿祖国来讨价还价
And I wished that my rifle had given the same
我多希望手中的步枪也能以身作则
To those Quislings who sold out the patriot game
让那些出卖了祖国的叛徒也尝尝滋味
So come all you young rebels and list while I sing
请上前来，年轻的反抗军们，听听我这首歌
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing
对我们祖国的热爱可是件麻烦的事
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame
它能以烈火之速将恐惧驱赶
And it makes us all part of the patriot game
它让我们义无反顾地投身于这场爱国游戏
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