Irish Ways and Irish Laws-John Close

[ti:Irish Ways And Irish Laws] [ar:John Close] [al:Rebel Songs Of 1798 Rising] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.93]Irish Ways and Irish Laws - John Close [00:03.06]Once upon a time there were [00:05.73] [00:07.00]Irish Ways and Irish Laws [00:09.81] [00:11.45]Villages of Irish blood [00:13.98] [00:15.77]Waking to the morning [00:18.32] [00:20.91]Waking to the morning [00:22.02] [00:26.94]Then the Vikings came around [00:29.46] [00:31.15]Turned us up and turned us down [00:34.20] [00:35.26]Started building boats and towns [00:38.39] [00:39.39]They tried to change our living [00:42.45] [00:44.14]Tried to change our living [00:46.96] [00:50.80]Cromwell and his soldiers came [00:53.78] [00:54.92]Started centuries of shame [00:58.26] [00:59.41]But they could not make us turn [01:02.58] [01:03.54]We are a river flowing [01:06.47] [01:08.30]We're a river flowing [01:11.72] [01:14.52]Again again the soldiers came [01:17.77] [01:19.75]Burnt our houses stole our grain [01:23.63]Shot the farmers in their fields [01:26.59] [01:28.15]Working for livings [01:29.73] [01:32.73]Working for a living [01:35.58] [01:38.89]800 years we have been down [01:41.97] [01:43.05]The secret of the water sound [01:46.18] [01:47.52]Has kept the spirit of a man [01:50.37] [01:51.76]Above the pain descending [01:55.47] [01:56.35]Above the pain descending [02:00.26] [02:02.83]Today the struggle carries on [02:06.09] [02:07.17]I wonder will I live so long [02:10.36] [02:11.48]To see the gates being opened up [02:14.81] [02:15.55]To a people and their freedom [02:19.85] [02:20.40]A people and their freedom [02:24.37] [02:27.35]Once upon a time there was [02:30.14] [02:31.70]Irish Ways and Irish Laws [02:34.94] [02:36.01]Villages of Irish blood [02:39.40] [02:40.46]Waking to the morning [02:43.29] [02:44.85]Waking to the morning