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Tell me why must a man be of service |
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To his lord and the god seldom high |
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From the grave spring the name of our fathers |
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But there's no glint in a dead man's eye |
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Tell me why are our fields filled with hunger |
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And fruitless the crop bitter soil |
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So I say my farewell to a nation |
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As the leaf waves goodbye to it's son |
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So it's to youth |
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I sing you this story |
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And it's of youth |
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I sing it now |
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Like the train that derails without warning |
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I must leave what |
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I left far behind |
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So goodbye, sweet |
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Roisin Dubh |
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I say goodbye |
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Tell me why must our peace be this puzzle |
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That fractures the land, splinters war |
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The last nails cite the shame in our coffin |
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But in the end we must all die alone |
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So it's to youth |
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I sing you this story |
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And it's of youth |
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I sing it now |
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Like the train that derails without warning |
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Some must leave what they left far behind |
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So goodbye, sweet |
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Roisin Dubh |
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I say goodbye |
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And the bark fell from tree |
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To the ground that they'll bleed |
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On the anguish that never learned to shout |
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With the clash of the drum |
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We'll surrender the gun and on this sadness we shall no longer speak |
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Until time can live on our all forgotten songs |
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That's when |
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I and we will sing again |
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So goodbye to my love, my sweet |
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Roisin Dubh |
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Goodbye now until we meet again |
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Tell me why must our grief still be greiving |
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For a language that never spoke it's loss |
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But this tongue speak with fire will tear down the barb wire |
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And Rip the belly from the waxy ghost |
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So it's to youth |
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I sing you this story |
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And it's of youth |
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I sing it now |
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Like the train that derails without warning |
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We must leave what we left far behind |
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So it's to youth |
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I sing you this story |
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And it's of youth |
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I sing it now |
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Like the train that derails without warning |
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We must leave what we left far behind |
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So goodbye, sweet |
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Roisin Dubh, |
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I say goodbye |
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So goodbye, sweet |
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Roisin Dubh, |
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I say goodbye |
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Until we meet again |
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Until we meet again |
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Until we meet again, she arrives to beautify |
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But slumber now must rest |
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Oh my Roisin |
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Dubh I'll forever love |
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The youth you once possessed |
