On Eireann’s Shore ( 5:07)
I have come here as a stranger
From across the sea I roam
I have come here as a prodigal child
Who is ready to come home
From the hills of Connemara
To the MacGillycuddy Reeks
Oh, this verdant land she calls to me
Ever softly does she speak
And I will give to her the song I sing
As so many times before
But the one who hold my truest heart
She lies far from Eireann’s shore
Oh they’re dancing down in Doolin
As the band begin to play
But my thoughts they are a wandering
To a place so far away
To a woman who is waiting
And I own my soul is torn
Between this country I would call my own
And the one where I was born
As I turn toward the Atlantic
At the setting of the sun
I would have her here beside me now
That our lives might be as one
All our days would know such beauty
And our sorrow be no more
And our love would find fulfillment here
As we stand on Eireann’s shore
And with hearts no longer torn apart
We would stand on Eireann’s shore
Hand in hand on Eireann’s shore