To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) lyrics
Song information
Artist: Flogging Molly Album: Within A Mile Of Home
Lyrics
Tell me why must a man be of service To his lord and the gods seldom high From the grave sprang the name of our fathers But there's no glint in a dead man's eye Tell me why our fields filled with hunger And fruitless the crop bittered soil So I say my farewell to a nation As the leaf waves goodbye to its sun
So it's to youth I sing you this story And it's of youth I sing it now Like the train that derailed without warning I must leave what I left far behind So goodbye sweet roisin dubh I say goodbye
Tell me why must our peace be this puzzle That fractures the land splinters war The last nail sank the shame on our coffin But in the end we must all die alone
So it's to youth I sing you this story And it's of youth I sing it now Like the train that derailed without warning Some must leave what they left far behind So goodbye sweet roisin dubh I say goodbye
And the bark fell from tree To the ground that now bleeds On the anguish that never learnt to shout When the clash of the drum will surrender the gun And of this sadness we shall no longer speak
Until tank and the bomb are but all forgotten songs That's when I and we will sing again So goodbye to my love My sweet roisin dubh Goodbye now until we meet again
Tell me why must our grief still be grieving For a language that never spoke it's loss But this tongue spit with fire will tear down the barbwire And rip the belly from the waxy ghost
So it's to youth I sing you this story And it's of youth I sing it now Like the train that derailed without warning We must leave what we left far behind So goodbye sweet roisin dubh I say goodbye
Until we meet again She'll rise to beautify But slumber now must rest O' my roisin dubh I'll forever love The youth you once possessed
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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