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Lyrics
[Intro]
[clapping in time]
Oh gather in close
You gobshites and saints
We’ve waited all night
Now watch what happens
When the women get tired of being polite
[Verse 1]
You wrote all the rules on the back of a bar tab
Spilled your stout
Said "girl
Just smile"
We were pouring the pints
Doing figures in margins
Learning your tricks all the while
You toast to “the lads” as the ceiling keeps dripping
We’re patching the roof
Side by side
If the ship’s going down
Who’s bailing
Who’s steering?
Spoiler
Lads — step aside
[Chorus]
Rise up
You eejits
Slide out of the way (hey!)
We’re done taking orders
We’re leading today (hey!)
You had all your centuries
Look how that went
Now the women are marching
And we’re running the tent
Rise up
You eejits
Here’s how this’ll be
You can sing the chorus
But the captain is me
[Verse 2]
You tell your tall tales of “great men of history”
Funny
We’re there in each line
Cooking your dinners
Then fixing your messes
Signing your plans
But unsigned
You call it “tradition” when you hog the microphones
Then ask us to sweeten the song
We tuned all the fiddles
We taught half the children
We’ve let you play leader too long
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[call and response
Shouted]
Who kept the books? — We did!
Who lit the flame? — We did!
Who held this whole mad island up
While you drank through the day? — We did!
Who knows the maps? — We do!
Who charts the seas? — We do!
If you want a future worth a damn
Best hand us the keys — now move!
[Chorus]
Details
GeneratedJan 16, 2026
Duration2:59
LanguageEnglish
Style
folk, Rowdy Irish folk session in a packed pub, female vocals leading the charge over fiddle, bodhrán, and stomping feet. Fast jig tempo with shout-along gang vocals on the hook, bright tin whistle fills, and call-and-response chants. Claps drive the groove between lines; choruses explode with stacked harmonies and crowd noise, like a live rebel session caught on tape., irish folk, female vocals
Credits
Prompt by
Brigids_Hearth
Brigids_HearthModelAria v5
Prompt
Irish folk song, female vocals only, fast tempo, claps and sing-along live chants, energetic, sarcastic, about women banding together and rising up to guide the people amidst a patriarchal society.
