SONG FOR IRELAND

Phil and June Colclough



Walking all the day

Near tall towers where falcons build their nests

Silver-winged they fly

They know the call of freedom in their breasts

Saw Black Head against the sky

Where twisted rocks they run 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



Drinking all the day

In old pubs where fiddlers love to play

Saw one touch the bow

He played a reel which seemed so grand and gay

Stood on Dingle Beach and cast

In wild foam we found Atlantic bass



Talking all the day

With true friends who try to make you stay

Telling jokes and news

Singing songs to pass the time away

Watched the Galway salmon run

Like silver dancing, darting in the sun



Dreaming in the night

I saw a land where no one had to fight

Waking in your dawn

I saw you crying in the morning light

Sleeping where the falcons fly

They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky



@Irish @home

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