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 The Clíona, the Meabh and the Mucha

 The pride of the Irish navy

 When the Captain he blows on his whistle

 All the sailors go home for their tea

 While the army is off in the Kongo

 In Cyprus or some foreign parts

 Our navy is strained to the limits

 Deploying its nautical acts

 One day from the Russian invader

 Defending our very odd fish

 We found it was just the red herring

 From the signals we got from the cis'

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Each year they go on manoeuvres

To prepare for defence they are keen

Sometimes it's the Lakes of Killarney

More often the pond in the Green

The canal it could be of assistance

In defending our own holy ground

But due to proposed legislation

We'll have to sail all the way round

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We are a seafaring nation

Defence of our land is a right

We'd fight like the devil all morning

Provided we're home by the night

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