Lament For Ireland lyrics and guitar chords, written by Colin Flavin.
This is a song I wrote for a ballad competition in Listowel, it is a social commentry on the changes Ireland
has experienced.
Lament for Ireland (3/4 time)
Our [C] island is changing no [F] more can I [C] lie and
[C] pretend it's [G] all for the [C] better gone are the days of shillelagh and fairies down in the grave with our heroe's
[F] Ireland of old is [C]gone for some [G] Ireland of old is[C]gone
The old ones are dying
so too are the young the price of life is soaring what of the many who are left behind to struggle wuth lifes daily
burden
Ireland of old is gone for some Ireland of old is gone
Slán
leat to the farmer slán leat to the fool slán leat to the smoke in the tavern slán leat to the priest slán leat to the
old grief no more children must cross the waters
Ireland of old is gone for some
Ireland of old is gone
We still have the harp but there's greed in our hearts the landlords are now our own
people many have died so many tears cried to blow it for corporate expansion
Ireland
of old is gone for some Ireland of old is gone
Its easy to see what this island could
be the land of the saint and the scholar progress is a must but what is the cost and what will become of our nation
Ireland of old is gone for some Ireland of old is gone
A romantic I am but shur that's
in my blood the blood of the Collins and Murphys I year for the days told in the old tales to live simply like thoes
gone before me
Ireland of old is gone for some Ireland of old is gone
