Song For Ireland

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[D]Walking[A] all the[D] day
By[G] tall towers where falcons build their[D] nests
In silver wings they[A] fly,  they[G] know the call for freedom in their[D] breasts,
[G] saw Black Head against the[D] sky
With twisted rocks that run down to the[A] sea
[G]Living on your Western[D] shore,
Saw summer sunsets, I asked for[A] more,
I[D] stood by your[G] Atlantic[D] Sea,
And sang a song for[A] Ire[D]land

Drinking all the day,
In old pubs where fiddlers love to play,
Saw one take the bow,
To play a reel that was so grand and gay,
I stood on Dingle Beach and cast,
In the wild foam for the Atlantic bass,
When living on your Western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I asked form more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Laughing all the day,
With true friends who try to make you stay,
Telling jokes and news,
And singing songs to pass the night away,
We watched the Galway salmon run,
Like silver dancing, darting in the sun,
When living on your Western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I 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,
And waking in your dawn,
I saw you crying in the morning light,
Lying where the falcons fly,
They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky,
Living on your western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I asked no more,
I stood by your Atlantic sea,
And sang a song for Ireland