RUNRIG - EIRINN Live

RUNRIG - EIRINN Live at Barrowlands - 1990
For my friend Ian (Locheelad2) from a girl named Eileen (private joke).

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What makes me walk through Ireland's shrines
And Ireland's holy shores
To see a country crucified
Your beauty crowned in thorns
A as I watch the wondrous cross
That's been hewn down and severed in two
There's something here
That draws me near
To wear the green for you

To see you there blood brother Gael
The face, the tongue my own
Many places in my own country
Could not make me feel more at home
Laughter and music through the night
Your freedom in the dark
Tonight I swear I'd gladly wear
The green next to my heart

From the long and rolling Antrim hills
Through the wilds of Donegal
The songs of history are sung
Every stone on every wall
But here in our land how can we stand
And wash our hands of shame
When the sins of generations fall
Across the green like rain

Here one world window opens wide
And demons they show face
Some of your men have taken seeds of truth
And planted fields of hate
This way has never won a war
And I fear that when the harvest comes
You'll see your freedom fall on stoney ground
And the green overgrown

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[andrew8833]

@genesmatter Nice comment, but your saying 'Scotland rules forever' yes? Then it should be Alba gu bráith.

Apologies though if that is not what you meant lol, but that is the correct spelling, coming from another Riggie.

[211164anita]

some of the best sounds ever :)i love them:) and i come from norway...:)

[johnfinbarburke]

one of the greastest songs i ever heard 

[genesmatter]

Oh that the blood and soul of the Gael should never become extinct!  Extinction is forever. Alba gu Bragh!

[Rachellelawley]

oh i forgot how lovely this song sounds, sent shivers down my spine!

[wattsite]

Beautiful Nice song to help us remember that Both in Ireland and Scotland we gaels faced hardship and it is that hardship together with our similar cultures we a united in.

[wattsite]

My mothers friend was half irish and half scottish and had this palyed at her funeral. Very Moving.

[jdfanscot]

can't thank you enouh for loading this I am half Scots & half Irish and I was at this concert and was in tears at hearing this song live

[englishrose47]

I`m English, and I find this very moving. Thank you for uploading.

[locheelad2]

Never told you what a great film you have made, a thousand thanks.