[Verse]
For those who are in love here's a song that's warm and tender,
For those who are oppressed in song you can protest,
So liberate your mind and give your soul expression,
Open up your hearts and I'll sing to you this song.
[Chorus]
Let the people sing, ah, their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
Join us hand in hand.
All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept our spirits free,
The songs of yours and of mine.
[Verse]
It was back in ancient times, when a bard would tell a stories,
Of the heroes, of the villains, of the chieftains in the glen,
Through Elizabethan times, the Cromwellian wars and fury,
Put the piper to the sword, killed the harpers and our bards.
[Chorus]
Let the people sing, ah, their stories and their songs,
And the music of their native land,
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy,
Join us hand in hand.
All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept our spirits free,
The 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,
Join us hand in hand.
All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept our spirits free,
The songs of yours and of mine.
[Verse]
Ireland, land of song, your music lives forever,
In your valleys, in your mountains, in your hills and in your glen,
Our music did survive, through famine and oppression,
To the generations gone, I'll sing to 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,
Join us hand in hand.
All across this ancient land,
Throughout the test of time,
It was music that kept our spirits free,
The songs of yours and of mine.
[Outro]
It was music that kept our spirits free,
The songs of yours and of mine.