"Wearing Of The Green" lyrics

Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that's going 'round?
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow an Irish crown
Since Paddy's day no more will keep his color can't be seen
For there's a bloody law against the wearing of the green

She's the most fierce transformation that ever yet was seen
For there's a bloody law against the wearing of the green
Oh, they're hanging men and women for wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women there for wearing of the green

When the law can stop the blades of green from growing as they grow
And when the leaves in summer time they wear, they dare not show
Then I would change the color that they're wearing, I can think
But to the death this color stick to the wearing of the green

She's the most fierce transformation that ever yet was seen
For there's a bloody law against the wearing of the green
Oh, they're hanging men and women for wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women there for wearing of the green

So many died and many left for lands across the sea
To dig a ditch or search for gold to stay a land and free
Wherever Paddy travels for his green is no disgrace
But where they murder's on his track, he dare not show his face

She's the most beloved nation that ever yet was seen
They hung some men and women there for wearing of the green
We'll cross on by and we'll die too for wearing of the green
We'll cross on by and we'll die too for wearing of the green