Ireland's Ode

Nothing much I'd die for,

for nothing much I'd cry,

but for dear old Ireland

I would prepare to lie

dying upon the fields of green.



Never have I seen it, though tales

I have been told, of heros, legends

and battles, the glory days of old.

Eire's isle I have sprung and die for

it I would; before all gold and riches

here, for give me this land never could.

For has it given me my language, my lineage,

my looks?



Blood is thicker than water or so it has



been said...and here alas the water runs



when in Ireland clan's blood is shed.



The Protestant against the Catholic,



the Nationlist against them all...the Unionist's,



and their parties and those English dogs.



And fight for the cause I would have I been back in 1916



when the Easter rising was fighting and dying like



slaughtered sheep.



Oppression, slavery and killings, those casualties of war,



they only fought for vengence for the millions who starved.



The truth of England's cruelty has shown throughout the years



and even as half-bred Englishman I sweat of Ireland's tears.



Erin go braugh I shout to all who may be passing by,



Erin go braugh, I'll ne'er shy away for that ancient Isle is



mine. Erin go braugh I love you and home I wish I'd



be...but there I am whenever I dream, whenever I'm



in peaceful sleep.