[Verse]
For those who are in love there's a song that's warm and tender,
Those who are oppressed in song you can protest,
So liberate your minds and give your soul expression,
Open up your hearts, I'll sing for you this song.

[Chorus]
Let the people sing their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
So join us hand in hand.

All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept their spirits free,
Those songs of yours and of mine.

[Verse]
It was back in ancient times, the bard would tell his story,
Of the heroes, of the villain, of the chieftains in the glens,
Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury,
Put the pipers to the sword, killed the harpers and the bards.

[Chorus]
Let the people sing their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
So join us hand in hand.

All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept their spirits free,
Those songs of yours and of mine.

[Verse]
Ireland, land of song, your music lives forever,
In its mountains, in its valleys, in its hills and in its glen,
Your music did survive through famine and oppression,
To the generations gone, I'll sing for you this song.

[Chorus]
Let the people sing their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
So join us hand in hand.

All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept their spirits free,
Those songs of yours and of mine.

[Chorus]
Let the people sing their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
So join us hand in hand.

All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept their spirits free,
Those songs of yours and of mine.

[Outro]
It was music that kept their spirits free,
Those songs of yours and of mine.