quote [ My name is John Riley I'll have your ear only a while
I left my dear home in Ireland It was death, starvation or exile
And when I got to America It was my duty to go
Enter the Army and slog across Texas To join in the war against Mexico

It was there in the pueblos and hillsides That I saw the mistake I had made
Part of a conquering army With the morals of a bayonet blade
So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics
Screaming children, the burning stench of it all
Myself and two hundred Irishmen Decided to rise to the call ]