Where are the legs with which you run? 
Where are the legs with which you run? 
When first you went to take a gun? 
Indeed, your dancing days are gone 

Where is the flame that once was burning 
Deep inside your soft brown eyes? 
Where is the soul that once was yearning 
For peace but not for sacrifice? 

I'm happy for to see you home 
I'm happy for to see you home 
So low in flesh so high in bone 
Well I can sense your fears unknown 

So, Hip Hurray, the drums are beating 
But they call on him in vain 
Hip Hurray, his heart is bleeding 
He will never dance again 
Hip Hurray, the war bells summon 
All the men to go to war 
Johnny, Johnny, I hardly knew ye 
You should have known it before