One evening fair,
as the sun was shining
To Kilkenny I did ride,
I did meet with Captain Brady
He did saw Commander by his side
Then you are well,
come Highland Paddy
By my side you'll surely stand,
hear the people shout for freedom
We'll rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand
In the morning we rose early,
just before the break of dawn
Blackbirds singing in the bushes,
greetings to Smiling Morn
Then you are well,
come Highland Paddy By my side you'll surely stand,
hear the people shout for freedom
We'll rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand
Gather round ye men of Ireland,
gather fiends gather round Had a hundred sword and musket,
we'll spill the blood upon this holy ground
Then you are well,
come Highland Paddy
By my side you'll surely stand,
hear the people shout for freedom We'll
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand
There's a grave beside the river A mile outside Kilkenny town,
there we laid a noble captain
Birds were silent when our fiendian died All my life I will remember
I'll remember night and day once I roamed into Kilkenny
And I heard our noble captain say Then you are well,
come Highland Paddy
By my side you'll surely stand,
hear the people shout for freedom
We'll rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand
Then you are well,
come Highland Paddy
By my side you'll surely stand,
hear the people shout for freedom
We'll rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand,
rise in the morning with the fiend in hand