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Song For Ireland

Phil Colclough
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

Versions

With De Danann
De Danann - Song for Ireland
(1983)
- Track 7 -
Other Artists
Green Velvet
(1983)
- Side B Track 2 -
Compilations
Original Version
Collected
(1984)
- Track 1 -
Main Releases
Collected
(1984)
- Side B Track 2 -
Odd Releases
By The Time It Gets Dark
(1988)
- Side B Track 2 -
Singles/Promos
The Best Of Mary Black
(1990)
- Track 3 -
Odd Releases
Mary Black - Best Songs
(1992)
- Track 14 -
Odd Releases
Looking Back
(1995)
- Track 15 -
Odd Releases
Song for Ireland
(1998)
- Track 11 -
Odd Releases
Celtic Myst
(1998)
- Track 18 -
Compilations
The Very Best Of Mary Black
(2014)
- Track 15 -
Odd Releases
Gael Force (1997)
Gael Force
(1997)
- Track 5 -
Compilations
Gael Force
(1998)
- Track 18 -
DVD/Video
Live at the Olympia (2002)
Mary Black Live
(2003)
- DVD Track 14 -
Main Releases
Mary Black Live
(2003)
- DVD Track 14 -
DVD/Video
Bill Clinton Visit RTE (1995) and Gael Force with De Danann Tyrone Productions (1997)
Remixed
Twenty-five Years - Twenty-five Songs
(2008)
- Disc 1 Track 8 -
Main Releases
The Best From 25 Years
(2021)
- Disc One - Side 2 Track 3 -
Main Releases