Song for Ireland

Black Mary

Walking all the day, near tall towers where falcons build 
their nests
Siver winged they fly, they know the call of freedom in 
their breasts
Soar Black Head against the sky, between the rocks that run
 down to the sea
Living on your western shore, saw summer sunsets, asked for
 more
I stood by your Atlantic sea, and 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 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 sang a song for Ireland

Dreaming in the night, I saw a land where no man 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 
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I stood by your Atlantic sea, and I sang a song for Ireland

Phil Colclough
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