{"id":688,"date":"2013-01-30T18:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T23:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naebunny.net\/testing\/?page_id=688"},"modified":"2013-09-20T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T10:20:14","slug":"lyrics-mist-of-the-irish-sky-kilmainham-gaol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/?page_id=688","title":{"rendered":"lyrics: mist of the irish sky – kilmainham gaol"},"content":{"rendered":"

cd: Mist of the Irish Sky<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

track 8: Kilmainham Gaol<\/p>\n

\n

I am a young Dubliner
\nNineteen sixteen
\nMy life’s nearly over
\nSo little I’ve seen
\nBut my father taught me
\nBefore he passed on
\nFight for your freedom
\nIt’s all that you own<\/p>\n

Our bold proclamation
\nDeclaring our land
\nExpelled from the grip
\nOf another’s cruel hand
\nWas there proudly read
\nOn that fine Easter morn
\nThe birth pains of nationhood
\nSoon be reborn<\/p>\n

So sorely outnumbered
\nWe took up the fight
\nAnd fought with great passion
\nAgainst all of their might
\nThey crushed us down
\nBut they strengthened our core
\nAnd this time the message
\nWill come to the fore<\/p>\n

And now one by one
\nTo the courtyard we are led
\nIt’s a matter of days
\nWe will all soon be dead
\nBut we’ll hold our heads high
\nAnd may Ireland prevail
\nI wait to die, my mother cries
\nOutside Kilmainham Gaol<\/p>\n

Our wounded commander
\nNo weakness did show
\nBut then they set fire
\nTo the ould GPO
\nWe had to flee
\nAnd our chances grew dim
\nAnd finally the message
\nWas sadly brought in<\/p>\n

Lay down your arms, lads
\nWe’ve done what we can
\nMore bloodshed now
\nOnly darkens our stand
\nOur voices were heard
\nAnd the people have seen
\nMay they rise as one
\nThough we’ll die for the dream<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

And now in the bowels
\nOf Kilmainham I lie
\nMy soul is at peace
\nIn the morning I die
\nOn cold barren stone
\nI drop to my knees
\nI pray for my country
\nMay God give it speed<\/p>\n\u00a9\u00a02009 All Rights Reserved
\nDulahan Music
\nWritten by Kyle Aughe<\/td>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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