Craigavon sent the Specials out to shoot the people down,
He thought the IRA were dead in dear old Belfast town,
But he got a rude awakening with rifle and grenade,
He met the First Battalion of the Belfast Brigade.

Specials came from Holywood equipped with English guns,
Men by the thousand ammunition by the ton,
But when they got to Belfast they were seriously delayed,
By the fighting First Battalion of the Belfast Brigade.

We have no ammunition no armoured tanks to show,
But we're ready to defend ourselves no matter where we go,
We're out for our Republic and to hell with your Free State,
We are the fighting First Battalion of the Belfast Brigade.

Come all you gallant Irishmen and join the IRA
We'll strike a blow for freedom when it comes a certain day,
You know your country's history and the sacrifice it made,
Come join the First Battalion of the Belfast Brigade.