The Dubliners - The Wests Awake lyrics

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 (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! 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!