Lyrics The West's Awake - The Wolfe Tones
When
all
beside
a
vigil
keep
The
west′s
asleep,
the
west's
asleep
Alas,
and
well,
may
Erin
weep
When
Connacht
lies
in
slumber
deep
Her
lakes
and
plains
smile
fair
and
free
Mid
rocks
their
guardian
chivalry
Sing
oh,
let
man
learn
liberty
From
crashing
wind
and
lashing
sea
That
chain-less
wave
and
lovely
land
Freedom
and
nationhood
demand
Be
sure
the
great
God
never
planned
For
slumbering
slaves
a
home
so
grand
And
long
a
great
and
haughty
race
Honored
and
sentineled
the
place
Sing
oh,
not
even
their
son′s
disgrace
Could
yet
destroy
our
glory's
trace
For
often
in
O'Connor′s
van
To
triumph
dashed
each
Connacht
plan
And
fleet
as
deer
the
Normans
ran
Through
Corrsliabh
pass
Ardrahan
And
later
times
saw
deeds
as
brave
And
glory
guards
Clanricard′s
grave
Sing
oh,
they
died
their
land
to
save
At
Aughrim's
slopes
and
Shannon′s
wave
And
if
when
all
a
vigil
keep
The
west's
asleep,
the
west′s
asleep
Alas,
and
well,
may
Erin
weep
When
Connacht
lies
in
slumber
deep
But
hark
a
voice
like
thunder
spake
The
west's
awake,
the
west′s
awake
Sing
oh
hurrah,
let
England
quake
We'll
watch
till
death
for
Erin's
sake
1 Celtic Symphony
2 The Merry Ploughboy
3 Women of Ireland
4 Rock on Rockall
5 The Foggy Dew
6 James Connolly
7 The Man from Mullingar
8 The Piper That Played Before Moses
9 Janie Mac I'm Nearly Forty
10 Give Me Your Hand
11 The Boys of the Old Brigade
12 Dingle Bay
13 The Big Strong Man
14 Boston Rose
15 The Broad Black Brimmer
16 Newgrange (Bru Na Boinne)
17 Come out Ye Black and Tans
18 Slieve Na Mban
19 Far Away in Australia
20 Helicopter Song
21 An Dòrd Fienne (Òrò Sè Do Bheatha Abhaile)
22 The Merman
23 The Teddy Bear's Head
24 Banna Strand
25 Many Young Men of Twenty
26 The West's Awake
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