Walking all the day, near tall towers
Where falcons build their nests
Silver winged they fly
They know the call of freedom is in their breasts
Saw Black Head against the sky
Where twisted rocks they run into the sea
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets, I ask for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland


Drinking all the day in old pubs
Where fiddlers love to play
Someone touched the bow
He played a reel
It seemed so grand and gay
Watched the Galway salmon run
Like silver dancing darting in the sun
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets, I ask for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And sang a song for Ireland


Talking all the day
With true friends, who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news
And singing songs to pass the night away
Stood on Dingle beach
And cast in wild foam we found Atlantic bass
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets I ask for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And sang a song for Ireland


Dreaming in the night I saw a land
Where no man had to fight
Waking in your dawn
Heard you crying against the morning sun
Sleeping where the falcons fly
They twist and turn all in you'er blue sky
Living on your western shore,
Saw summer sunsets I ask for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And sang a song for Ireland


I stood by your Atlantic sea
And sang a song for Ireland