A Nation Once Again
A NATION ONCE AGAIN
This song was written by Thomas Davis(1814-1845), one of the founder members of the Young Ireland Movement, set up to fight for human rights for Catholics and ultimately Independence from Britain. The song reflects the patriotism of it’s author and his great friends Daniel O’Connell, whom a street in Dublin is named after, and John Mitchell.
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G
When boyhood’s fire was in my blood
C D7 G
I read of ancient freemen
Em G
C
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood
Am D7
Three hundred men and three men
D
And then I prayed I yet might see
C A7
B7
Our fetters rent in twain
C Cm
D
And Ireland long a province be
Am D G
A Nation Once Again
(Chorus)
C
A nation once again
Am D7
A nation once again
G Em
C D
And Ireland long a province be
G D
G
A Nation Once Again
It whispered too that freedom’s ark
That service high and holy
Would be profaned by feelings dark
And passions vain and lowly
For freedom comes from God’s right hand
And needs a Godly train
And righteous men must make out land
A Nation Once Again
[Chorus repeat]
So as I grew from boy to man
I bent me to that bidding
My spirit of each selfish plan
And cruel passion ridding
For thus I hoped some day to aid
Oh, can such hope be vain
When my dear country should be made
A Nation Once Again
[Chorus repeat]
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