We can drink a keg of porter and still be wanting more
We'd sing and play all night until they throw us out the door
And we'd greet the raising sun as it sets the sky a glow
While roving with the lassies there a long time ago
Chorus:
A long time ago, a long time ago
For we're the boys who made the noise a long time ago
We can fight and not be beaten
The likes who never seen
our cry was no surrender and god help who came between
We'd rise and stand together when stormy winds did blow
Twas all for one and one for all a long time ago
Chorus:
A long time ago, a long time ago
For we're the boys who made the noise a long time ago
We'd sung old Ireland's glory the laughter and the tears,
the immigrants, and the heroes and the shameful famine years
Our winsome girls and soldiers who fought the foreign foe
We sang songs of Ireland boys a long time ago
Chorus:
A long time ago, a long time ago
For we're the boys who made the noise a long time ago
So here's to dear old Ireland and here's to rambling 'round
And here's to friends and foes alike who wander where we're bound
We're older but no wiser, but this we'll have yous know:
We're still the boys, who made the noise a long time ago
Chorus:
A long time ago, a long time ago
For we're the boys who made the noise a long time ago