Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Irish Ways and Irish Laws

Irish Ways and Irish Laws

Irish Ways and Irish Laws
Copyright John Gibbs 1981 IMRO & MCPS

 Once upon a time there was
 Irish Ways and Irish Laws
 Spillages 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
 They 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 are a river flowing

 Again, again the soldiers came
 Burnt our houses, stole our grain
 Shot the farmers in their fields
 Working for a living
 Working for a living

 It's hundreds 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 be opened up
 To a people and their freedom
 A people and their freedom
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