Beautiful Ireland

Speak of the land where the toiler
Can build up a free happy home,
Land never cursed by the spoiler,
Over the white ocean foam;
Dearest to me is my sireland
The emerald gem of the sea,
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
Oh! would that Ireland was free!

CHORUS.
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
My heart it beats only for thee,
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
Oh! will it ever be free?

Where is the land that can compare her?
Oh! show me her lakes or her strands,
Travel the world thro’ and show me
A more beauteous and lovelier land.
Dearer to me than my sireland,
The emerald gem of the sea;
I’ll cling to my home in old Ireland,
Oh! would that old Ireland was free!

CHORUS.
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
My heart it beats only for thee,
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
Oh! will it ever be free?

They say that they are going to free her
Although her heart it lies low,
How her enemies do greet her,
Run down and oppress’d by her foe.
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
My heart it beats only for thee,
I’ll cling to my home in old Ireland,
Oh! would that old Ireland was free!

CHORUS.
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
My heart it beats only for thee,
Beautiful, beautiful Ireland,
Oh! will it ever be free?