Let the people sing

For those who are in love, there''s a song that''s warm and tender
For 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 battlecries 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

It was back in ancient times, the bard would tell his stories
Of the heroes, of the villain, of the chieftains in the glen
Through Elizabethian time and Cromwellian war and fury
Put our pipers to the sword, killed our harpers and our bards

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

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