And if, when all a vigil keep
The West's asleep! The West's asleep!
Alas! And well may Erin weep
That Connacht lies in slumber deep
But, hark! A voice like thunder spake
The West's awake! The West's awake!
Sing, Oh! Hurrah! Let England quake
We'll watch till d**h for Erin's sake
(Instrummental)
(A Nation Once Again)
When boyhood's fire was in my blood
I read of ancient freemen
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood
Three hundred men and three men;
And then I prayed I yet might see
Our fetters rent in twain
And Ireland, long a province, be
A Nation once again!
Chorus:
A Nation once again
A Nation once again
And lreland, long a province, be
A Nation once again!
A Nation once again
A Nation once again
And lreland, long a province, be
A Nation once again!