A Nation Once Again - Luke Kelly

When boyhood’s fire was in my blood

I read of ancient freemen

Of 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 Ireland long a province be a nation once again

And from that time through wildest woe

That hope has shown a far light

Nor could love’s brightest summer glow

Outshine that solemn starlight

It seem to watch above my head

Through foreign fields and fame

It’s angel voice sang 'round my bed

A nation once again

A nation once again, a nation once again

And Ireland long a province be a nation once again

So as I grew from boy to man

I bent me to my bidding

My spirit of each selfish plan

And cruel passion ridding

For thus I hope some day to wake

Nor can such hope be vain

When my dear country shall be made

A nation once again

A nation once again

A nation once again

And Ireland long a province be

A nation once again