A Country on Its Knees
Come, all you people of Ireland's green land,
Follow the march and give us a hand,
Let's rid of this Government once and for all,
Come on comrades and rally to the call.
They have taken our dignity, and our pride,
So let's join together and march side by side.
To the streets, we shall go, with banners held high,
'Down with water charges! ' is the motto we'll cry!
Kenny, your days are numbered so beware,
We don't want you as our leader, you don't care!
That smooth, fancy chatter won't help you anymore,
It won't be long now till you will be out of the Dáil door!
The citizens of Ireland are sick to their teeth,
In this rebellion, we will rise up on our feet,
It won't be the pike, the sword or cannon gun
But the votes of the people will put you on the run.
Now the farmers of Ireland have a voice to talk,
So they too are on the march and out on the walk.
This is our country where we each and all belong,
It's our so-called Government that did the wrong.
The times are changing; we are in for a revolution
Because we, the people, think it's the only solution.
Yes, we've had enough of hardship and oppression,
Of cutbacks, water and property tax, and depression.
Are they blind and gone stupid in the way they feel?
Tormenting the country through poverty unreal!
Wake up and look ‘round and tell what you see,
People have had their fill of austerity, now let us be.
The Fine Gael party has done so much harm,
Kenny has lost the people's trust with his false charm.
The Labour Party is dead and gone. Goodbye! Goodbye!
'We want a decent leadership! ' is the motto we'll cry!
By Mai Murphy Venn
'We want a decent leadership! ' yes, and not only in Ireland, Mai
Nice lines, Mai, filled with great passion. Un canto patriottico di grande intensità, che è quasi un manifesto politico :) // a patriotic song with such a degree of intensity that is almost a political manifesto Thanks for sharing
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Heartfelt patriotic rendition insightfully brought forth with conviction.