Wolfe Tones - Women Of Ireland lyrics

Written by Brian Warfield; Women, Women of Ireland your glory's in the shade Your dreams they have gone and decayed The deeds you have done they all went unsung By no Bard or no one For without you there is nothing Except love songs in the wind And all of your struggles and dispair And there were castles in the air Shout it from every mountain From every mountain on high And the four winds will sigh For Ireland, Ireland's your glory And your monuments built on your sorrow and pain For if ever the seas and the oceans run dry Tears of struggles and of joy And all of your sadness and your pain Would fill the oceans up again Daughters, Daughters of Erin to the Cuman na mBan Your dream was to see Ireland free Thru agrarian struggles were determined to win And from there to begin There you were dressed for rebellion But your beauty could not hide Your sorrow and suffering and dispair And there were castles in the air Shout it from every mountain From every mountain on high And the four winds will sigh For Ireland, Ireland's your glory And your monuments built on your sorrow and pain For if ever the seas and the oceans run dry Tears of struggles and of joy And all of your sadness and your pain Would fill the oceans up again Women, Women of courage, you suffered in your silence You kept Ireland's spirit alive You were imprisoned, your people enchained But you never gave in In troubled days of old Ireland You were the brave ones who fought Through oppression and famine and dispair And there were castles in the air Shout it from every mountain From every mountain on high And the four winds will sigh For Ireland, Ireland's your glory And your monuments built on your sorrow and pain For if ever the seas and the oceans run dry Tears of struggles and of joy And all of your sadness and your pain Would fill the oceans up again --------------------------------- From their album: "25th Anniversary" disc 1