[Verse]
In my dreams I know that I can fly,
Just like the small birds and the free birds,
I can fly just like the birds on high,
In the freedom of the sky.

I can soar across the heavens,
How easy now it seems,
Like the birds I'll have no cares or sorrows,
In the shadow, the shadows of my dreams.

[Chorus]
Ireland my Ireland,
It seems to me that all the trees are sighing in the breeze,
Ireland, I cry for my land,
The leaders of young Ireland have been banished o'er the seas.

As I wonder through this lonely land my heart is filled with pain,
For our people have no freedom, are impoverished and enchained,
I see them fight and struggle,
Against the hunger and the stoney hearts of men.

[Post-Chorus]
Ireland, young Ireland,
Banished to a land beyond the sea,
As I gaze upon the beauty of this land.

[Verse]
I can see a rich and fertile land,
I feel the spirit of the nation,
A maiden weeps upon the harp
I see tumbling towns and towers.

In a land that's full of beauty,
From the mountains to the seas,
But the wild flowers down their heads in sorrow,
In this valley, this valley filled with tears.

[Chorus]
Ireland my Ireland,
It seems to me that all the trees are sighing in the breeze,
Ireland, I cry for my land,
The leaders of young Ireland have been banished o'er the seas.

As I fly across this lonely land, see golden fields of corn,
I see a land that's filled with plenty, yet the people starve and mourn,
Ireland now is silenced,
To the land beyond the waves now they're gone.

[Post-Chorus]
Ireland, young Ireland,
Banished to a land beyond the sea,
As I gaze upon the beauty of this land.