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Song For Ireland 
Songwriter: Phil Colclough 
 
Lyrics:
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
Saw Black Head against the sky
with twisted 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 more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

This song can be found on the following albums:
Title   Type Year
De Danann - Song For Ireland  Other Artist Album  1983 
Collected  CD  1984 
By The Time It Gets Dark Vinyl 45RPM  
The Best Of Mary Black  CD  1990 
The Collection  CD  1992 
Looking Back  CD  1995 
Woman Of The World - Celtic Volume I  Compilation  1995 
Gael Force  Compilation  1997 
Song For Ireland (USA)  CD  1998 
Celtic Myst  Compilation  1998 
Gael Force  Video  1998 
The Best Of Mary Black 1991-2001  CD  2001 
Mary Black Live CD & DVD/Video 2003
Twenty-five years - Twenty-five songs CD 2008

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