Come[A] al ye lads and lasses and listen close to[E] me
I'll tell you the truth of a land that's der to[A] me
You've read it in the papers you've seen it on t.[D]v
But[A] i will spell it out to you what[E] Ireland means to me
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I[A] is for internment of the innocent and[E] free
R is for religion and the laws of tyran[A]ny
E is for the English who have[D] torn our land apart
L is[A] for love and freedom in every irish[E] heart
A[A] is for the answer that we're all looking[E] for
N in[E] for one nation and an end to this long[A] war
D is for the dreams of milliond[D] longing to be free
Well[A] that's how I spell Ireland[E], that's what it means to[A] me
This land was once respected for its saints and scholars too
But now the bomb and the bullet they are all that make the the news
I know it that it's confusing and so hard to understand
But I will make it clear to you by spelling Ireland
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