[Verse] Wake up at four A-M drink copious quarts of Tea Go check on the cattle the heifers running free Spend the next half hour cursing the English angrily The off to work I pick the spuds cause I'm a Paddy [Chorus] Is gadaithe agus foghlaithe sibh. Ní raibh fáilte romhaibh riamh. Go gcuire Dia ar do leas thú! Ní féidir leat croí na hÉireann a cheansú. [Verse] Pick potatoes for the day, break at 12 for lunch potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, is the only thing I munch Paid in whiskey and good intentions naturally Take a moment to slender my shillelagh [Verse] Drop in to the local priest to have a cup of tea Spend the evening in the pub, riverdancing gleefully Reminisce about the famine, better times, hyperbole Curse loudly about recessions and our current poverty [Chorus] D'fhág sibh scrios i ndiaidh bhur gcosa. Ár dtír. Ár dteanga. Ár saoirse. Fág ár dtír agus ná filligí choíche. Ní bheidh ár dteanga ina tost choíche. [Verse] Leprechaun escorts me home, Shortcut through the hedge More tea at the police station, make it home twelve thirty P-M Watch repeats of fraiser, make jam sammiches for tea Pray to Jesus and Mary and all of the fairies [Verse] Crack open the dry cider and now my memory's a missing Dance a jig upstairs trying to find a bed cause sleep is what Im wishing Atop my bungalow and lying on the roof The rain is fairly calm, was a good day thats the truth [Final Chorus] Is Éireannach mé. Fuil na hÉireann ionainn. Mo ghrá thú, a Éire. Ár n-oileán álainn. Seasaimid fós. Níor thit Éire riamh. Croí Gael. Ní bhaintear an tsaoirse dínn. Is Éireannach mé. Fuil na hÉireann ionainn. Mo ghrá thú, a Éire. Ár n-oileán álainn. Seasaimid fós. Níor thit Éire riamh. Croí Gael. Ní bhaintear an tsaoirse dínn. [Outro][Spoken, soft] Is Éireannach mé. Fuil na hÉireann ionainn. Mo ghrá thú, a Éire. Ár n-oileán álainn. Seasaimid fós. Níor thit Éire riamh. Croí Gael. Ní bhaintear an tsaoirse dínn.
