Song for Ireland Lyrics
Song For Ireland - The Poor Scholars
Walking all the day near tall towers
Where falcons build their nests
Silver winged they fly they know
The call of freedom in their breasts
Saw Black Head against the sky
Where twisted rocks run down to the sea
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland
Talking all the day with true friends
Who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news
Singing songs to pass the night away
Watched the Galway salmon run
Like silver dancing darting in the sun
Living on your western shore saw summer sunsets
Asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland
Drinking all the day in old pubs
Where fiddlers love to play
Someone touched the bow
He played a reel it seemed so fine and gay
Stood on Dingle beach and cast
In wild foam we found Atlantic Bass
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland
Dreaming in the night
I saw a land where no one had to fight
Waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
Lying where the Falcons fly
They twist and turn all in you e'er blue sky
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland
And I sang a song for Ireland