Irish Ways And Irish Laws

Once upon a time there were

Irish Ways and Irish Laws

Villages of Irish blood

Waking to the morning

Waking to the morning



Then the Vikings came around

Turned us up and turned us down

Started building boats and towns

They tried to change our living

tried to change our living



Cromwell and his soldiers came

Started centuries of shame

But they could not make us turn

We are a river flowing

We're a river flowing



Again, again the soldiers came

Burnt our houses stole our grain

Shot the farmers in their fields

Working for livings

Working for a living



800 years we have been down

The secret of the water sound

Has kept the spirit of a man

Above the pain descending

Above the pain descending



Today the struggle carries on

I wonder will I live so long

To see the gates being opened up

To a people and their freedom

A people and their freedom



Once upon a time there was

Irish Ways and Irish Laws

Villages of Irish blood

Waking to the morning

Waking to the morning