[Verse]
Come all you lads and lassies and listen close to me,
And I'll tell to you the truth about a land that's dear to me,
You've read it in the papers and seen it on TV,
But I will spell it out to you, what Ireland means to me.

[Chorus]
I is for internment of the innocent and free,
R is for resistance to the laws of tyranny,
E is for the English who have torn our land apart,
And L is for the love of freedom in every Irish heart,
A is for the answers that we're all looking for,
N is for one nation and an end to this long war,
D is for the dreams of millions longing to be free,
Oh, that's how I spell Ireland, that's what Ireland means to me.

[Verse]
This land was once respected for it's saints and scholars true,
Oh, but now the bomb and bullet sure that's all that makes the news,
I know that it's confusing and so hard to understand,
But I will make it clear to you by spelling Ireland.

[Chorus]
I is for internment of the innocent and free,
R is for resistance to the laws of tyranny,
E is for the English who have torn our land apart,
And L is for the love of freedom in every Irish heart,
A is for the answers that we're all looking for,
N is for one nation and an end to this long war,
D is for the dreams of millions longing to be free,
Oh, that's how I spell Ireland, that's what Ireland means to me,
Yes that's how I spell Ireland, that's what Ireland means to me.