The original song with written after the battle of Culloden. Padraigh Pearse rewrote it before the 1916 rebellions. This is the Pearse version. The song talks about the capture of a lady and the usurpation of their land by foreigners. It also mentions Gráinne O’Malley and her warriors who will rout the foreigners. The song ends with a prayer to see Gráinne Mhaol and her warriors routing all the foreigners.