I hope you accept them from me, too, not just from John in Brisbane
cu, Andreas

SONG FOR IRELAND

Walking all the day
By tall towers where falcons build their nests
On silver wings they fly
For they know the calls of freedom in their breasts
We saw Black Head against the sky
With craggy rocks that run down to the sea

Chorus [after each verse, last time replace "I asked for more" by "I asked no more"]
When living on your western shore
Saw the summer sunset, 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
I saw one take the bow
To play a reel it was so grand and gay
I stood on Dingle Beach and cast
In the wild foam of the Atlantic bass

Laughing all the day
With true friends who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news
And singing songs to pass the night away
We watched the Galway salmon run
Like silver dancing, darting in the Sun

Dreaming in the night
I saw a land where no man had to fight
And waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
When lying where the falcons fly
They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky