Irish Laws + Irish Ways - Live

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're 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 all people and their freedom?"

All 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