To youth

To youth Lyrics

Tell me why must a man be of service
To his lord and the god seldom high
From the grave sprang the name of our father's
But there's no glint in a dead man's eye
Tell me why are our fields filled with hunger
And fruitless the crop-bittered soil
So I say my farewell to a nation
As the leaf waves good-bye to it's sun

So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that de-rails without warning
I must leave what I left far behind
So good-bye
Sweet Roisin Dubh
I say good-bye

Tell my why must peace be this puzzle
That fractures the land, splinters war
The last nail sank the shame on our coffin
But in the end we must all die alone

So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that de-rails without warning
Some must leave what they left far behind
So good-bye
Sweet Roisin Dubh
I say good-bye

And the bark fell from tree
To the ground that now bleeds
On the anguish that never learn't to shout
When the crash of the drum
Will surrender the gun
And of this sadness
We shall no longer speak
Until tank and the bomb
Are but all forgotten songs
That's when I and we will sing again
SO
Good-bye to my love
My sweet Roisin Dubh
Good-bye now until we meet again

Tell me why must our grief
Still be grievin'
For a language that never spoke it' loss
But this tongue spit with fire
Will tear down the barbed wire
Rip the belly from the waxy ghost

So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that de-rails without warnin'
We must leave what we left far behind
So it's to youth I sing you this story
And it's of youth I sing it now
Like the train that de-rails without warning
We must leave what we left far behind
So good-bye
Sweet Roisin Dubh
I say good-bye
So good-bye
Sweet Roisin Dubh
I say good-bye
Until we meet again(X2)

Until we meet again
She'll rise to beautify
But slumber now must rest
Oh my Roisin Dubh
I'll forever love
The youth
You once
Possessed...