The Boys of the Old Brigade - wikipedia The Boys of the Old Brigade For the English slow march, see The Old Brigade The Boys of the Old Brigade is an Irish republican folk song written by Paddy McGuigan about the Irish Republican Army of the Irish War of Independence ( 1919 - 1921 ), and the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Glasgow Celtic fans 3 References 4 External links Lyrics The song describes a veteran of the Easter Rising telling a young man about his old comrades in the Irish Republican Army. Each chorus ends with the Irish language phrase `` a ghrá mo chroí ( love of my heart ), I long to see, the Boys of the Old Brigade ''. The song begins : Oh, father why are you so sad On this bright Easter morn ' When Irish men are proud and glad Of the land where they were born ? Oh, son, I see sad mem'ries view Of far - off distant days When, being just a boy like you I joined the IRA. The chorus is : Where are the lads that stood with me When history was made ? A ghrá mo chroí, I long to see The boys of the old brigade. Glasgow Celtic fans In 2006, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell suggested that he was embarrassed by `` offensive '' chants in support of the Provisional IRA, even though these songs were political and not `` overtly sectarian ''. In 2007, Celtic chairman Brian Quinn suggested that the `` Boys of the Old Brigade '' had no place at Celtic Park. In 2008, UEFA abandoned an investigation into Celtic supporters singing the `` Boys of the Old Brigade '' due to lack of evidence. In April 2011, Strathclyde Police chief superintendent, Andy Bates, warned that as part of a crackdown on sectarian singing at an upcoming Old Firm game : `` If you sing the Boys Of The Old Brigade, we 'll arrest you and there have been convictions in court before where that song is concerned. '' BBC Sportscene 's Rob MacLean accused Celtic supporters of being sectarian for singing the song in May 2011. In 2011, a Scottish court suggested that those showing support to the IRA were not being offensive to members of `` a religious group '', References Jump up ^ Celtic geographies : old culture, new times By David Harvey ^ Jump up to : Counter Culture Anthology By Patrick Harrington, Tim Bragg, Terry Burgoyne Jump up ^ National Library of Ireland holdings Jump up ^ `` Lawwell embarrassed by IRA songs ''. BBC News. 7 May 2006. Jump up ^ Constant improvement is the goal not the impossible... Herald Scotland Jump up ^ ' To Banish Ghost and Goblin ' : New Essays on Irish Culture - David Clark, Rubén Jarazo Álavez ( Eds. ) - Google Books Jump up ^ `` Old Firm cops vow to snatch hate song bigots from Easter Sunday showdown crowd ''. Daily Record. 2011 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ BBC defends decision to call Irish song ' sectarian ' Herald Scotland Jump up ^ Why the fans who sing songs of hate are committing an offence Herald Scotland External links Wolfe Tones cover of Pat McGuigan 's Republican song Irish rebel songs Gaelic Ireland Óró sé do bheatha abhaile Follow Me up to Carlow O'Donnell Abú Mná na hÉireann United Irishmen The Wind that Shakes the Barley The Rising of the Moon Kelly from Killanne Boolavogue Highland Paddy The Wearing of the Green The Croppy Boy The Boys of Wexford Come All You Warriors Tone 's Grave Famine & Young Ireland The Fields of Athenry Skibbereen Back Home in Derry God Save Ireland A Nation Once Again Join the British Army The Peeler and the Goat The Black Velvet Band 1916 & Tan War Amhrán na bhFiann Come Out, Ye Black and Tans The Foggy Dew Down by the Glenside ( The Bold Fenian Men ) The Boys of the Old Brigade The Valley of Knockanure Tri-Colored Ribbon The Broad Black Brimmer Old Fenian Gun Rifles of the IRA Who Is Ireland 's Enemy ? Man from the Daily Mail Grand Old Dame Britannia Erin Go Bragh Kevin Barry Johnston 's Motor Car Pat of Mullingar Banna Strand Dying Rebel Civil War & Anti-Treaty Take It Down from the Mast The Patriot Game Sean South from Garryowen The Troubles The Men Behind the Wire The Ballad of Joe McDonnell Only Our Rivers Run Free The People 's Own MP Little Armalite Roll of Honour Writers Patrick Joseph McCall Timothy Daniel Sullivan Peadar Kearney Patrick Pearse Seán O'Casey Brian O'Higgins Bryan MacMahon Paddy McGuigan Dominic Behan Pete St. John Derek Warfield Mickey MacConnell Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Boys_of_the_Old_Brigade&oldid=751892152 '' Categories : Irish songs Celtic F.C. songs Football songs and chants Songs written by Paddy McGuigan Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2011 Year of song missing Talk Contents About Wikipedia Euskara Scots Edit links This page was last edited on 28 November 2016, at 10 : 28. About Wikipedia

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