Song of the Dawn
Trad
LYRICS
CHORUS
Hurrah! the night is ended
We see the dawn's red glow
Oh shout it high, a brave man's cry
Seancha′lin nan gheal go deo
VERSE 1
The song I′ll sing is a song of home
A song of rushing dew
Of glade and glen, of ford and fen
Of lake and of mountain blue
Of the signs that stand over all the land
To tell of the long ago
Let our voices ring, this song I'll sing
Seancha′lin nan gheal go deo
CHORUS
VERSE 2
I sing of every wood and stream
Of tower and vale and town
Where brave men died, where brave men tried
To tear the red rag down
From Kerry brave to the winding way
Where Lagan′s waters flow
From Teer-Na-Ri to the winding Lee
Seancha'lin nan gheal go deo
CHORUS
VERSE 3
I raise a rand for the ones who've tread
The path to the dawning day
Who will pause no more till their native shore
Is free from the Saxon sway
Then from every hill and from every rill
The freedom cry shall go
From old and young, in the Gaelic tongue
Seancha′lin nan gheal go deo
CHORUS x 2
