Song For Ireland

performed by:Mary Black on Putumayo presents "Women of the Celtic World"

Transcribed by: Dirk Cushenbery (dirkcush@pdq.net)

Verse 1:

Walking all the [A]day

Near[G] tall [D/F#]towers where [G/E]falcons build[A] their nests[D]

Silver-winged they [A]fly

They [em]know the [bm]call of [G]freedom [A]in their [D]breasts

Saw Black Head a[Asus]gainst the sky[A]

Where [D]twisted [bm]rocks they [D]run down[G] to the [A]sea

Living on[A] your we[D]stern shore[bm]

Saw summer [D]sunsets, [G]asked for [A]more

I stood by [A]your At[D]lantic [A]Sea

And [em]sang a [bm]song for[G] I[A]re[D]land

Verse 2:

Drinking all the day

In old pubs where fiddlers love to play

Saw one touch the bow

He played a reel which seemed so grand and gay

Stood on Dingle Beach and cast

In wild foam we found Atlantic bass

Verse 3:

Talking all the day

With true friends who try to make you stay

Telling jokes and news

Singing songs to pass the time away

Watched the Galway salmon run

Like silver dancing, darting in the sun

Verse 4:

Dreaming in the night

I saw a land where no one had to fight

Waking in your dawn

I saw you crying in the morning light

Sleeping where the falcons fly

They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky