Well I wasn't expecting the sun to shine, so brightly on this Easter morning
So I said to myself sure this must be a sign that new day is a dawning
Cnd all of them there in their best Easter dress, off to the races they go
But they don't notice this pride in my chest, as both fear and hope in me grow
Rising the Flag Molly, High in the sky Molly O
Rise the flag for the Freedom of Ireland
Rise the flag Molly O'Reilly
Well I wasn't expecting to see so far, or so much of Dublin's fair City
Up high on the rooftops of Liberty Hall, all the parks and the buildings so pretty
But not far away Dublin's tenements loom, over crowded with dirt in the streets
I see a young girl there selling her wares, in her rags in her filthy bare feet
Rising the Flag Molly, High in the sky Molly O
Rise the flag for the Freedom of Ireland
Rise the flag Molly O'Reilly
I hear the harp play, in my ear
I hear the harp play, gold on green
Rising the Flag Molly, High in the sky Molly O
Rise the flag for the Freedom of Ireland
Rise the flag Molly O'Reilly
Rise the flag, Molly
Rise the flag Molly
Rise the flag Molly O'Reilly