Walking all the day

With tall towers where falcons build their nests

Silver wings they fly

They know the call for 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 sun sets, I 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 sun sets, I 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 that seems so grand and gay

I stood on dingle beach and cast

In wild foam we found Atlantic bass



Living on your western shore

Saw summer sun sets, 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

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 summer sun sets, I asked for more

I stood by your Atlantic Sea



And I sang a song for Ireland