Christy Moore - Green Island lyrics

The island lies like a leaf upon the sea Green island like a leaf new fallen from The tree Green turns to gold as morning breezes Gently shake the barley Bending the yellow corn Green turns to gold, there's purple Shadows on the distant mountains And the sun in the yellow corn They came in their longships from lands Beyond the sea They came in their longships, they saw the land was green Wind in the barley, trout and salmon Leaping in the rivers Sun in the yellow corn Leaping ashore they slaughtered those Who laboured in the barley Scything them down like corn The longships sailed away and new Invaders came With long bow and lance bringing d**h In England's name With sword and with mace they went Reaping through the fields of barley They plundered the yellow corn Crop followed crop and prospered in the k**ing fields of barley In the harvest of new young corn Marching down the years the men of war They came With bombs, a**a**in's bullets,c.s gas And guns Ghosts from the past are chasing shadows Through the fields of barley Hiding in the yellow corn 900 years they've tried to trap the wind That shakes the barley And the sun in the Yellow corn The island lies like a leaf upon the sea Green island like a leaf new fallen from The tree Green turns to gold as morning breezes Gently shake the barley Bending the yellow corn No force on earth can ever trap the wind That shakes the barley Or the sun in the yellow corn --------------------