Mura bhfuil, cén uair?

Mura bhfuil, cén uair?, If not now, then when? is a song by the Selkie-Rock Band Dísréad, which was officially released on the 2020 concept album Saigheada le Fruiliú (Arrows for Hire). The song was first performed at the 2020 Port Serenity Music Festival.

History

The songs retells the story of the Battle of Eyssenstadt in 1723. The words Mura bhfuil, cén uair?, If not now, then when?, were called out by Liliane Lannaire of the Tribe of Louth, Captain of one of the Banners of Selkie-Mercenaries fighting on the side of the House of Hochheyde against the Uprising Barons in Teressien.

First Performance

At the 2020 Port Serenity Music Festival, the song was first performed.

Lyrics (English translation)

She was one of the Best

Her Banner with her through thick and thin.

In Kyrenaia's Deserts, they had fought.

For Harblia's Lords, they opposed their fellows in misery,

Back home, they hunted robbers almost for fun,

Now Teressien's Prince needed their Service.

If not now, then when?

If not like this, then how?

If not here, lads,

How will you defend our name

And earn your silver

From the Prince's heavy coffers?!

Not for Land and Honour,

Not for Nation and Flag,

Their swords were drawn for Silver,

Their rifles aimed for Gold.

No honour was in it,

But it was a living.

If not now, then when?

If not like this, then how?

If not here, lads,

How will you defend our name

And earn your silver

From the Prince's heavy coffers?!

Little more then the name of their company,

The Báirseach Company, of two hundred souls,

What they knew and what they were

Was all in those words.

Mercenaries, their was their pride

And that dictated their price.

If not now, then when?

If not like this, then how?

If not here, lads,

How will you defend our name

And earn your silver

From the Prince's heavy coffers?!

In the morning, they rode out,

The Prince's Left Flank was theirs,

Advanced and pushed under the Midday's Sun,

Broke the Line of Musketmen, rolled it up the whole mile.

They took the field that day,

And near Eyssenstadt, they earned their pay.

If not now, then when?

If not like this, then how?

If not here, lads,

How will you defend our name

And earn your silver

From the Prince's heavy coffers?!