Thank you, Alice. Although I have some Irish songbooks, I had never come across these long lyrics to this song. Irish songs are familiar to Japanese people, and some Japanese even think of a few songs like Last Rose of Summer as Japanese songs! However, when I listened to Come Back to Erin, Kathleen Mavourneen and "rebel" songs such as Kevin Barry and James Connolly, I couldn't help learning Irish history. (I used to be bad at history---both World and Japanese---, when I was a schoolboy.) So, I read your message with great interest. It's nice not only to look for lyrics, but to "study" the background of the songs in this forum.

Thanks again

Regards-Teru