A Nation Once Again

	  		
 


verse 1: 
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When boyhoods fire was in my blood, I read of ancient free men 
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For Greece and Rome who bravely stood three hundred men and three men 
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And then I prayed I yet might see our fetters rent in twain 
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And Ireland long a Provence be a nation once again 

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A nation once again, a nation once again 
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And Ireland long a Provence be a nation once again 


verse 2: 
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It whispered to that freedoms ark and service high and holy 
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Would be prepared my feelings dark and passions vain or lowly 
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For freedom comes from God’s right hand and needs a godly train 
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And righteous men must make our land a nation once again 

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A nation once again, a nation once again 
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And Ireland long a Provence be a nation once again 

 
verse 3: 
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So as I grew from boy to man I bent me to that bidding 
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My spirit of each selfish plan and cruel passion ridding 
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For thus I hope some day to aid oh can such hope be vain 
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When my dear country should be made a nation once again  

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A nation once again, a nation once again 
    D              G        A    D      A     D 
And Ireland long a Provence be a nation once again