Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains,
Wild geese fly and foxes play;
Sporting Wicklow boys are working,
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Below Armagh the wild ducks breeding,
Wild fowl gather on Lough Rea,
The sporting boys of Longford County
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
The Lough Derg trout grow fat and lazy,
Salmon sport in Cushla bay;
Fishermen of Connemara
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
The curragh rots on Achill Island,
Tourists walk on the Newport quay;
Mayo boys have all gone roving,
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Carlow girls are fine and handsome,
All decked out so neat and gay;
Carlow boys don't come to court 'em
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Down in the dark are the tunnel tigers,
Far from the sun and the light of day;
Down in the land that the sea once buried,
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.
Up with the shield and jack it! Ram it!
Driving a tunnel through the London clay.