[00:09.08]When boyhood's fire was in my blood
[00:13.57]I read of ancient freemen
[00:18.06]Of Greece and Rome who bravely stood
[00:22.43]Three hundred men and three men
[00:26.86]And then I prayed I yet might see
[00:31.10]Our fetters rent in twain
[00:35.28]And Ireland long a province be
[00:39.71]A nation once again
[00:44.39]A nation once again, a nation once again
[00:52.13]And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
[01:00.31]
[01:00.99]And from that time through wildest woe
[01:04.80]That hope has shown a far light
[01:09.10]Nor could love's brightest summer glow
[01:13.22]Outshine that solemn starlight
[01:17.53]It seem to watch above my head
[01:21.40]Through foreign fields and fame
[01:25.39]It's angel voice sang 'round my bed
[01:29.76]A nation once again
[01:33.82]A nation once again, a nation once again
[01:41.99]And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
[01:50.54]So as I grew from boy to man
[01:54.34]I bent me to my bidding
[01:58.53]My spirit of each selfish plan
[02:02.58]And cruel passion ridding
[02:06.76]For thus I hope some day to wake
[02:10.82]Nor can such hope be vain
[02:14.81]When my dear country shall be made
[02:19.06]A nation once again
[02:23.05]A nation once again
[02:26.98]A nation once again
[02:31.10]And Ireland long a province be
[02:35.03]A nation once again