Irish Ways and Irish Laws Songtext

von Terry O'Neill

Once Upon a time there was
Irish ways and Irish Laws
Villages of Irish blood.
They were waking to the morning...
Waking to the morning,
Waking to... the morning.
Then the Viking came around.
They turned us up and turned us down.
Started building ports and towns.
Sure, they tried to change our living.
They tried to change our living...
Tried to change our living...
Cromwell and his soldier came,
They started centuries of shame.
But they could not make us turn.
...river ever flowing...
The soldier came,
They burnt our houses, stole our grain
Shot the farmers in their fields
They work working for a living
Working for a living
Working for... a living
800 years we have been down
The secret of the water sound
Its kept
And today the struggle carries on
I wonder will I live so long
See the gates being opened up
A people and their freedom
A people and their freedom
A people and their saoirse
Cry freedom
Cry saoirse
But once upon a time there was
Irish way and Irish laws
Villages of Irish blood
They were waking to the morning
Waking to the morning
Waking to the morning.