Only Our Rivers Run Free-John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright

[ti:Only Our Rivers Run Free] [ar:John McDermott] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only Our Rivers Run Free - John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright [00:14.40]When apples still grow in November [00:20.37] [00:21.46]When Blossoms still bloom from each tree [00:25.85] [00:27.88]When leaves are still green in December [00:32.73] [00:34.88]It's then that our land will be free [00:38.86] [00:41.87]I wander her hills and her valleys [00:46.49] [00:49.63]And still through my sorrow I see [00:53.23] [00:56.51]A land that has never known freedom [01:00.59] [01:04.95]And only her rivers run free [01:08.85] [01:37.37]I drink to the death of her manhood [01:41.67] [01:44.02]Those men who'd rather have died [01:48.21] [01:50.99]Than to live in the cold chains of bondage [01:56.30] [01:58.53]To bring back their rights were denied [02:02.39] [02:06.07]Oh where are you now when we need you [02:10.54] [02:13.06]What burns where the flame used to be [02:17.07] [02:20.24]Are ye gone like the snows of last winter [02:24.59] [02:28.39]And will only our rivers run free [02:32.46] [02:43.46]How sweet is life but we're crying [02:47.90] [02:50.34]How mellow the wine but it's dry [02:54.53] [02:57.32]How fragrant the rose but it's dying [03:01.62] [03:04.68]How gentle the breeze but it sighs [03:09.33] [03:12.24]What good is in youth when it's aging [03:17.10] [03:19.93]What joy is in eyes that can't see [03:24.28] [03:27.37]When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers [03:32.09] [03:35.32]And still only our rivers run free [03:40.11] [03:43.40]What good is in youth when it's aging [03:48.78] [03:51.18]What joy is in eyes that can't see [03:55.27] [03:58.47]When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers [04:03.45] [04:07.02]And still only our rivers run free